CVE-2002-1493

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos HTMLGear guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script via (1) STYLE attributes or (2) SRC attributes in an IMG tag.

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1493 is rated Exploit Available (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). 3 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-2002-1493

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21802 exploit_db edb 2002-09-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1493

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 2025-09-27 0.42% 0.59% +0.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.55% 0.42% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1493

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-2002-1493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lycos htmlgear_guestgear — cpe:2.3:a:lycos:htmlgear_guestgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1493

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