CVE-2002-1581

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1581 · Published 06/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1581 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mailreader.com (mailreader.com).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.6%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mailreader.com mailreader.com	`= 2.3.20= 2.3.21= 2.3.22= 2.3.23= 2.3.24= 2.3.25= 2.3.26= 2.3.27= 2.3.28= 2.3.29= 2.3.30= 2.3.31`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a null byte (%00) in the configLanguage parameter.

References

mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
debian.org/security/2004/dsa-534 · Patch
iss.net/security_center/static/10490.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/6055 · Exploit

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