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CVE-2007-0120

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 4.0 Build 20060717 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via multiple HTTP requests containing invalid Content-Length values.

EXPLOIT ✓LOW 1.9EPSS 1.82%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 1.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 4.0 Build 20060717 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via multiple HTTP requests containing invalid Content-Length values.

CVSS 2.0
1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.82% probability · 79th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 January 2007
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
acunetix/web vulnerability scanner
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.82%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.8% 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-3078source ↗Acunetix WVS 4.0 20060717 - HTTP Sniffer Component Remote Denial of Servicewindows · nitr0usdos4 January 2007yes

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