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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-1171 · published 9 January 2001

CVE-2000-1171: Markus triska cgiforum vulnerability

MMarkus Triska · Cgiforum

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.3% · top 5.2%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1963 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1963 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553

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Related vulnerabilities

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5.0CVE-2002-1902Markus triska cgiforum vulnerabilityCGIForum 1.0 through 1.05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) by creating a message board post that is a child …EPSS 2.4%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-1171), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.