CVE-2002-1335

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in w3m 0.3.2 does not escape an HTML tag in a frame, which allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script or HTML and access files or cookies.

Published: 2002-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1335 is rated Moderate Risk (45.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1335

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 2026-02-13 1.01% 1.40% +0.38%
2 2025-10-15 1.14% 1.01% -0.12%
3 2025-03-30 1.14%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1335

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1335

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1335

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1335 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (w3m), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1335
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1335

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1335

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w3m w3m 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1335

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