CVE-2002-1126

Exp

Mozilla 1.1 and earlier, and Mozilla-based browsers such as Netscape and Galeon, set the document referrer too quickly in certain situations when a new page is being loaded, which allows web pages to determine the next page that is being visited, including manually entered URLs, using the onunload handler.

Published: 2002-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1126 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1126

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1126

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 2026-05-07 0.55% 0.58% +0.03%
2 2025-09-15 0.60% 0.55% -0.05%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.60% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1126

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1126

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1126

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1126

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1126

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
galeon galeon_browser 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:galeon:galeon_browser:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
galeon galeon_browser 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:galeon:galeon_browser:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
galeon galeon_browser 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:galeon:galeon_browser:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1126

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