CVE-2002-0535

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PostBoard 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script as other users via (1) an [IMG] tag when BBCode is enabled, or (2) in a topic title.

Published: 2002-07-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0535 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.36%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2002-0535

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21403 exploit_db edb 2002-04-19 Exploit-DB ↗
21401 exploit_db edb 2002-04-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0535

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 7.92% 7.36% -0.56%
2 2025-03-30 9.41% 7.92% -1.49%
3 2025-03-29 9.41%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0535

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0535

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0535

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postboard postboard 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:postboard:postboard:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postboard postboard 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:postboard:postboard:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.64 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.70 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.71 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.703 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0535

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