CVE-2002-2422

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Compaq Insight Management Agents 2.0, 2.1, 3.6.0, 4.2 and 4.3.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL, which inserts the script into the resulting error message.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2422 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.00%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.61% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2422

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21827 exploit_db edb 2002-09-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2422

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 0.39% 3.00% +2.61%
2 2025-03-17 0.66% 0.39% -0.27%
3 2024-09-17 0.66%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2422

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-2002-2422

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2422

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
compaq insight_management_agent 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq insight_management_agent 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq insight_management_agent 2.1_b cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:2.1_b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq insight_management_agent 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq insight_management_agent 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq insight_management_agent 4.37 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:4.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2422

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