EIP-2026-100716

PRE-CVE

Excite for Web Servers 1.1 - Administrative Password

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-100716. PoCs published by Michael Gerdts.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a world-writable configuration file in Excite for Web Servers 1.1 to bypass authentication by directly submitting an encrypted password to the AT-generate.cgi script. The attacker can either read the existing encrypted password or overwrite it with a custom one.

Description

Excite for Web Servers 1.1 - Administrative Password

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Michael Gerdts · htmlremotecgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20809

This exploit leverages a world-writable configuration file in Excite for Web Servers 1.1 to bypass authentication by directly submitting an encrypted password to the AT-generate.cgi script. The attacker can either read the existing encrypted password or overwrite it with a custom one.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Excite for Web Servers 1.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the server · World-writable architext.conf file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026