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.
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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21767 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-09-02 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nulllogic | null_httpd | <= 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:nulllogic:null_httpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |