CVE-2002-0240: Apache HTTP Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 7.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: version 2.0.28 only

Published 2002-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.