CVE-2002-0316

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in eXtreme message board (XMB) 1.6x and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script as other XMB users by inserting the script into an IMG tag.

Published: 2002-06-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0316 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.74%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2002-0316

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21300 exploit_db edb 2002-02-22 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0316

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 4.57% 8.74% +4.17%
2 2025-03-30 7.86% 4.57% -3.29%
3 2025-03-29 7.86%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0316

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-2002-0316

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2002-0316

  • XMB (2021-04-23T12:37:56.133)

    XMB versions 1.9.8 and later were checked and are not vulnerable. Upgrades are available at https://www.xmbforum2.com/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xmb_software xmb_forum 1.6_pre-beta cpe:2.3:a:xmb_software:xmb_forum:1.6_pre-beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0316

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