CVE-2002-0855

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman before 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute script as other users via a subscriber's list subscription options in the (1) adminpw or (2) info parameters to the ml-name feature.

Published: 2002-09-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0855 is rated High Exploit Risk (84/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.04%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +21.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2002-0855

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21641 exploit_db edb 2002-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗
21642 exploit_db edb 2002-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0855

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 2025-08-22 19.99% 41.04% +21.05%
2 2025-03-30 35.24% 19.99% -15.24%
3 2025-03-29 — 35.24% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0855

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-2002-0855

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0855

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0855

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0855

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailman 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0855

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