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CVE-2002-09021 exploit

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.0 (phpBB2) allows remote attackers to execute Javascript as other phpBB users by including…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.2%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.0 (phpBB2) allows remote attackers to execute Javascript as other phpBB users by including a http:// and a double-quote (") in the [IMG] tag, which bypasses phpBB's security check, terminates the src parameter of the resulting HTML IMG tag, and injects the script.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21486 PHPBB2 - Image Tag HTML Injection · webapps · 2002-05-26

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/4858 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/274273 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9178.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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