CVE-2002-1654: Iplanet Web Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition and Netscape Enterprise Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP Basic Authentication via the wp-force-auth Web Publisher command, which provides a distinct attack vector and may make it easier to conduct brute force password guessing without detection.

Affected products

• Iplanet Iplanet Web Server: version 6.0 only; version enterprise_4.0 only; version enterprise_4.1 only
• Netscape Enterprise Server: version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only; version 3.1 only; version 3.2 only; version 3.3 only; version 3.4 only; …

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.