CVE-2002-1348

w3m before 0.3.2.2 does not properly escape HTML tags in the ALT attribute of an IMG tag, which could allow remote attackers to access files or cookies.

Published: 2003-02-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1348 is rated Moderate Risk (49.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1348

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 1.16% 1.66% +0.50%
2 2025-03-30 1.66% 1.16% -0.50%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.66% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1348

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1348

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1348

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1348 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-2002-1348
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1348

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1348

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w3m w3m 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1348

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