CVE-2003-1271

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in AN HTTP 1.41e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML as other users via a URL containing the script.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1271 is rated Exploit Available (59.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.77%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% 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-2003-1271

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22130 exploit_db edb 2003-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1271

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 0.58% 1.77% +1.19%
2 2026-01-28 0.41% 0.58% +0.17%
3 2024-12-17 0.41%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1271

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-2003-1271

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1271

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
an an-http 1.41e cpe:2.3:a:an:an-http:1.41e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1271

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