CVE-2002-2010

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in htsearch.cgi in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5, 3.1.6, and 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the words parameter.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-2010 is rated Exploit Available (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.24%). 1 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-2002-2010

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2010

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 2026-06-15 0.40% 1.24% +0.85%
2 2025-03-17 0.31% 0.40% +0.09%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2010

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-2002-2010

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2010

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htdig htdig 3.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htdig htdig 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htdig htdig 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htdig htdig 3.2.0b3 cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.2.0b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2010

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