CVE-2001-0857

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in status.php3 in Imp Webmail 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain access to the e-mail of other users by hijacking session cookies via the message parameter.

Published: 2001-12-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0857 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.49%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0857

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21151 exploit_db edb 2001-11-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0857

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 10.36% 3.49% -6.87%
2 2026-01-01 7.73% 10.36% +2.63%
3 2025-03-30 7.73%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imp webmail <= 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:imp:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0857

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