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CVE-2002-1238

Peter Sandvik's Simple Web Server 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files via an HTTP request with a sequence of multiple / (slash) characters such as http://www.example.com///file/.

  • Published: Nov 12, 2002
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2002-1238
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
peter_sandvik / simple_web_server - 0.5.1.x