Vulnerability

CVE-2002-0484

MEDIUM 5.0 public exploit

CVE-2002-0484 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS v2 5.0). As of 2026-10-11, 131 hosts in our data show software it affects on an open service in at least 15 countries.

move_uploaded_file in PHP does not does not check for the base directory (open_basedir), which could allow remote attackers to upload files to unintended locations on the system.

Published
2002-08-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
CVSS score
5.0 CVSS v2
CVSS vector (v2)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploit likelihood (EPSS)
9.5% in the next 30 days (top 5% of CVEs)

Exposure in our data

131 hosts

Hosts whose banner shows an affected software version on a service open at their latest check.

Not counted: 3 hosts with this CVE only from an older observation.

11 more hosts had it earlier (the software version has since changed or the service is gone).

Counted 2026-10-11 04:20 UTC

By country

United States US51
Germany DE17
Japan JP8
Spain ES7
Italy IT7
Finland FI5
United Kingdom GB4
Netherlands NL4
Hong Kong HK3
Taiwan TW3
Switzerland CH2
France FR2
Hungary HU2
Ireland IE2
Sweden SE2

Affected software seen

php 4.1.298
php 4.0.58
php 3.0.187
php 4.0.34
php 4.0.63
php 3.0.152
php 4.0.12
php 4.1.02
php 3.0.121
php 3.0.141
php 3.0.161
php 4.0.01