CVE-1999-1053

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "" 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 "-->".

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 13, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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