CVE-2002-0521

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ASP-Nuke RC2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute script or gain privileges as other ASP-Nuke users via script in (1) the name parameter in downloads.asp, (2) the message parameter in Post.asp, or (3) a web site URL in profile.asp.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0521 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.32%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0521

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 1.17% 2.32% +1.16%
2 2025-10-17 1.41% 1.17% -0.25%
3 2025-03-30 1.41%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0521

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0521

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0521

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asp-nuke asp-nuke rc1 cpe:2.3:a:asp-nuke:asp-nuke:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asp-nuke asp-nuke rc2 cpe:2.3:a:asp-nuke:asp-nuke:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0521

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