CVE-2002-0943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MetaCart2.sql stores the user database under the web document root without access controls, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as passwords and credit card numbers via a direct request for metacart.mdb.

Published: 2002-08-31

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metalinks:metacart2.sql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0932	MetaCart2.sql stores the user database under the web document root without access controls, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as passwords and credit card numbers via a direct request for metacart.mdb.

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 None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00428.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0200.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9393.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5042

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00481}`	epss `{'score': 0.00428}`

Subscriptions

Metalinks Metacart2.sql

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-08-31T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.316Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0943

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0943

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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