CVE-1999-1053 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "" 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 "-->".

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 90.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:matt_wright_guestbook:2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.90677.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Http Server

Matt Wright Matt Wright Guestbook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.483Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1053

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-09-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1053

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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