CVE-1999-1590

LOW 3.5CVE-1999-1590 · Published 31/12/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1590 is a LOW (CVSS 3.5) vulnerability affecting wwwcount (wwwcount).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wwwcount wwwcount	`= 2.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount (Count.cgi) 2.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary GIF files via ".." sequences in the image parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-0021.

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/1997/Oct/0058.html · Exploit

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