CVE-2002-2175 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

phpSquidPass before 0.2 uses an incomplete regular expression to find a matching username in its database, which allows remote authenticated attackers to effectively delete other usernames via a short username that matches the end of the targeted username.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 4.0 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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:php:phpsquidpass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2154	phpSquidPass before 0.2 uses an incomplete regular expression to find a matching username in its database, which allows remote authenticated attackers to effectively delete other usernames via a short username that matches the end of the targeted username.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00618.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102508071021631&w=2
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=188359
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9417.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5090

History

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Subscriptions

Php Phpsquidpass

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T21:17:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:51:17.551Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2175

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2175

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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