CVE-2002-0217

Exp

Cross-site scripting (CSS) vulnerabilities in the Private Message System for XOOPS 1.0 RC1 allow remote attackers to execute Javascript on other web clients via (1) the Title field or a Private Message Box or (2) the image field parameter in pmlite.php.

Published: 2002-05-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0217 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.77%). 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-2002-0217

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0217

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 1.29% 1.77% +0.48%
2 2025-03-17 1.44% 1.29% -0.15%
3 2023-09-11 1.44%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0217

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-2002-0217

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0217

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xoops xoops 1.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0217

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