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CVE-1999-1053

7.5
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
90.68%
HIGH RiskEPSS (100th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "<!--" and "-->" separators, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when guestbook.pl is run on Apache 1.3.9 and possibly other versions, since Apache allows other closing sequences besides "-->".

Published: 9/13/1999
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

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

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

90.68%HIGH Exploitation Risk
100th percentile

This vulnerability has a 90.68% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other