CVE-2002-2365: Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Simple Wais

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Simple WAIS (SWAIS) 1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the shell metacharacters in the search field, as demonstrated using the "|" (pipe) character.

Affected products

• Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Simple Wais: version 1.11 only

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