CVE-1999-0953

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-1999-0953 · Published 16/09/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-0953 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting wwwboard (matt wright).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.6%, higher than 95.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wwwboard matt_wright	`= 2.0_alpha_2.1`	No fix yet

WWWBoard stores encrypted passwords in a password file that is under the web root and thus accessible by remote attackers.

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