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CVE-2002-2389
TheServer 1.74 web server stores server.ini under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.9%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
TheServer 1.74 web server stores server.ini under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain cleartext passwords and gain access to server log files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (8 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.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- fastlink-theserver-plaintext-passwords(9624) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1004799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20020717 TheServer cleartext password sillyness. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20021014 TheServer log file access password in cleartext w/vendor resolution. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- 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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