Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-1365

RCE

Title: CGI::Lite escape_dangerous_chars RCE/file access

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-1365.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Dec 31, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.89%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-1365: The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) "\" (backslash), (2) "?", (3) "~" (tilde), (4) "^" (carat), (5) newline, or (6) carriage return, which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.

Impacted Vendors

perl 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237 http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237 http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-1365 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.