CVE-2002-0898

Exp

Opera 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 allows a remote web site to upload arbitrary files from the client system, without prompting the client, via an input type=file tag whose value contains a newline.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0898 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.71%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-0898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21483 exploit_db edb 2002-05-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0898

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 2025-07-04 5.22% 4.71% -0.51%
2 2025-03-30 4.83% 5.22% +0.38%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.83% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0898

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-2002-0898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opera_software opera_web_browser 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:opera_software:opera_web_browser:6.0.1:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
opera_software opera_web_browser 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:opera_software:opera_web_browser:6.0.2:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0898

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