XSS in phpBB
CVE-2002-2255
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in phpBB 2.0.3 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search_username parameter in searchuser mode.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- phpBB — versions 2.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6311 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10773 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0053.html (mailing-list, Exploit)