Directory traversal vulnerability in ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and…
Priority LOW 37Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files or execute any Perl program on the system via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter, which reads the target file and attempts to execute the line using Perl's eval function.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02256 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.01 | Vulnerable | Avengers News System |
| cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.11 | Vulnerable | Avengers News System |
- cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.01 Vulnerable ·Avengers News System
- cpe:2.3:a:avengers_news_system:avengers_news_system:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.11 Vulnerable ·Avengers News System
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0307
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-749h-j9gq-g5p6
References
More Avengers News System vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-00295 ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2002-0307 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0307 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-749h-j9gq-g5p6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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