CVE-2002-1497

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Null HTTP Server 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML into a "404 Not Found" response.

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1497 is rated Exploit Available (58.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2002-1497

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21767 exploit_db edb 2002-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1497

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 2026-02-05 0.44% 0.79% +0.35%
2 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.44% +0.22%
3 2024-02-08 0.22%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1497

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-2002-1497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nulllogic null_httpd <= 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:nulllogic:null_httpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1497

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