CVE-2002-2143

highpriority · track · 41OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

2.72% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-256USLLM-inferredCWE-798USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21901MySimpleNews 1.0 - Remote Readable Administrator Passwordfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mysimplenews mysimplenews= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mysimplenews:mysimplenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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