CVE-2002-2249

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-2249 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2249 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting news evolution (php evolution).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
news evolution php_evolution	`= 1.0= 2.0`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in News Evolution 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP commands via the neurl parameter to (1) backend.php, (2) screen.php, or (3) admin/modules/comment.php.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/6260 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10709

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