CVE-2002-1628

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1628 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1628 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mikes vote cgi (mike spice).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mikes vote cgi mike_spice	`= 1.0= 1.1= 1.2`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in vote.cgi for Mike Spice Mike's Vote CGI before 1.3 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the type parameter.

References

kb.cert.org/vuls/id/250107 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/3854 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7971

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