CVE-2002-2170
BadBlue Enterprise Edition 1.7 through 1.74 attempts to restrict administrator actions to the IP address of the local host, but does not provide additional authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page containing…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Working Resources Inc. BadBlue Enterprise Edition 1.7 through 1.74 attempts to restrict administrator actions to the IP address of the local host, but does not provide additional authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page containing an HTTP POST request that accesses the dir.hts page on the localhost and adds an entire hard drive to be shared.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.74% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 July 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- working resources inc./badblue
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.7% 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)
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References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.