CVE-2000-0622
Buffer overflow in Webfind CGI program in O'Reilly WebSite Professional web server 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL containing a long "keywords" parameter.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in Webfind CGI program in O'Reilly WebSite Professional web server 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL containing a long "keywords" parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 12.99% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 June 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oreilly/website professional
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://website.oreilly.com/support/software/wspro25_releasenotes.txt
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/043.asp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1487
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4962
- http://website.oreilly.com/support/software/wspro25_releasenotes.txt
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/043.asp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1487
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4962
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.