CVE-1999-1053

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
90.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: September 13, 1999 (9740 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

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 "-->".

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

apache http servermatt wright matt wright guestbook

References

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