What is CVE-2002-1800?

CVE-2002-1800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phprank, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2002-1800?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Phprank

CVE-2002-1800

phpRank 1.8 stores the administrative password in plaintext on the server and in the "ap" cookie, which allows remote attackers to retrieve the administrative password.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phprank — versions 1.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/5947 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10352.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0148.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1800?: CVE-2002-1800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phprank, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-1800?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.