CVE-2002-0462: Big Sam

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

bigsam_guestbook.php for Big Sam (Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module) 1.1.08 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or obtain the absolute path of the web server via a displayBegin parameter with a very large number, which leaks the web path in an error message when PHP safe_mode is enabled, or consumes resources when safe_mode is not enabled.

Affected products

• Big Sam Big Sam: version 1.1.08 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.