CVE-2002-1567

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and steal cookies via a URL with encoded newlines followed by a request to a .jsp file whose name contains the script.

Published: 2003-10-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1567 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.66%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2002-1567

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21734 exploit_db edb 2002-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1567

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 2026-01-12 48.22% 41.66% -6.56%
2 2025-03-30 61.71% 48.22% -13.49%
3 2025-03-29 61.71%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1567

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1567

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2002-1567

GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1567

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tomcat 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1567

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