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CVE-2002-1515
Directory traversal vulnerability in avatar.php in CoolForum 0.5 beta allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in avatar.php in CoolForum 0.5 beta allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the img parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- http://www.coolforum.net/index.php?p=dlcoolforum (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20021012 CoolForum v 0.5 beta shows content of PHP files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021001 [VulnWatch] CoolForum v 0.5 beta shows content of PHP files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 5973 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- coolforum-avatar-view-php(10237) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-1498 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-1515)Record last updated .