CVE-2002-2427

N/A Unknown

Published: February 06, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The security handler in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain access to protected web content via "an extra slash in a URL," a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1603.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#security-features-can-be-bypassed-by-adding-an-extra-slash-in-the-url-bug01518

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124059

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#security-features-can-be-bypassed-by-adding-an-extra-slash-in-the-url-bug01518

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124059

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

US Government Resource

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.3%

54th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

Affected Vendors

goahead

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