CVE-2002-1785

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zeus Administration Server in Zeus Web Server 4.0 through 4.1r2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the section parameter to index.fcgi.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1785 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Core evidence: 4 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1785

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22000 exploit_db edb 2002-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1785

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 2025-08-29 0.16% 0.33% +0.18%
2 2025-03-17 0.14% 0.16% +0.01%
3 2024-09-17 0.14%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1785

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1785

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1785

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.1_r1 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.1_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.1_r2 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.1_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.1_r3 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.1_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeus_technologies zeus_web_server 4.1_r4 cpe:2.3:a:zeus_technologies:zeus_web_server:4.1_r4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1785

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