CVE-2002-0240 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (PHP, when installed with Apache and configured to search for)
PHP, when installed with Apache and configured to search for index.php as a default web page, allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the server via the HTTP OPTIONS method, which reveals the pathname in the resulting error message.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0240 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-05-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | PHP, when installed with Apache and configured to search for index.php as a default web page, allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the server via the HTTP OPTIONS method, which reveals the pathname in the resulting error message. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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