CVE-2002-1238

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-1238 · Published 12/11/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1238 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting simple web server (peter sandvik).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple web server peter_sandvik	`≤ 0.5.1`	No fix yet

Description

Peter Sandvik's Simple Web Server 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files via an HTTP request with a sequence of multiple / (slash) characters such as http://www.example.com///file/.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0065.html
marc.info
idefense.com/advisory/11.08.02a.txt · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/6145
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10563

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