{
    "id": "CVE-1999-1053",
    "published": "1999-09-13 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:49:36",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between \"<!--\" and \"-->\" separators, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when guestbook.pl is run on Apache 1.3.9 and possibly other versions, since Apache allows other closing sequences besides \"-->\".",
    "epss_score": "0.85205",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99710",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:13:46",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "http_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "matt_wright",
            "product": "matt_wright_guestbook"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16914",
            "title": "The Matt Wright Guestbook.pl - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2010-07-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16914"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9907",
            "title": "The Matt Wright Guestbook.pl 2.3.1 - Server-Side Include",
            "date": "1999-11-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9907"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776"
    ]
}