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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-1005

Directory traversal vulnerability in html_web_store.cgi and web_store.cgi CGI programs in eXtropia WebStore allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.67%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in html_web_store.cgi and web_store.cgi CGI programs in eXtropia WebStore allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack on the page parameter.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.67% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 October 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
extropia/extropia webstore
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.67%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-20279source ↗extropia webstore 1.0/2.0 - Directory Traversalcgi · f0bicremote9 October 2000yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.