CVE-2002-2249 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.3% (pctl 83)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.31% — more likely to be exploited than 83% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php evolution | news evolution |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | News Evolution 1.0/2.0 - Include Undefined Variable Command Execution | 2002-11-26 |
References
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