CVE-2002-2427
GoAhead
- Published
- 6 February 2009
- Last modified
- 16 June 2026
- CVSS
- 5.0 v2.0
- Severity
- medium
- EPSS
- 1.3% (69th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
The security handler in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain access to protected web content via "an extra slash in a URL," a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1603.
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 1.3% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goahead Webserver | GoAhead | unknown | 2.0, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2 +5 |
References
Vendor advisory and patch
- http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#security-features-can-be-bypassed-by-adding-an-extra-slash-in-the-url-bug01518
- http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#security-features-can-be-bypassed-by-adding-an-extra-slash-in-the-url-bug01518
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.