CVE-2003-1278

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in OpenTopic 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into IMG tags.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1278 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.66%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.93% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1278

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22125 exploit_db edb 2003-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1278

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 0.73% 3.66% +2.93%
2 2025-08-24 0.49% 0.73% +0.23%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1278

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-2003-1278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
infopop opentopic 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:infopop:opentopic:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1278

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