What is CVE-2002-1886?

CVE-2002-1886 is a vulnerability in Tightauction. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-1886 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Tightauction

CVE-2002-1886

TightAuction 3.0 stores config.inc under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the database username and password.

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

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tightauction — versions 3.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/5850 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10310.php (vdb-entry)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0016.html (mailing-list, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1886?: CVE-2002-1886 is a vulnerability in Tightauction. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-1886 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.