CVE-2002-0223

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-0223 · Published 16/05/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0223 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting ultimate bulletin board (infopop), wwwthreads (wired community software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ultimate bulletin board infopop	`= 5.4`	No fix yet
wwwthreads wired_community_software	`= 5.0= 5.0.6= 5.0.8= 5.0.9`	No fix yet

Description

Infopop UBB.Threads 5.4 and Wired Community Software WWWThreads 5.0 through 5.0.9 allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary files by using a filename that contains an accepted extension, but ends in a different extension.

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/253172 · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/8022.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/3993

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In short

CVE-2002-0223 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting ultimate bulletin board (infopop), wwwthreads (wired community software).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.2% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

ultimate bulletin board

infopop

= 5.4

No fix yet

wwwthreads

wired_community_software

= 5.0= 5.0.6= 5.0.8= 5.0.9

No fix yet

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