CVE-2003-1453

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MytextSanitizer function in XOOPS 1.3.5 through 1.3.9 and XOOPS 2.0 through 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URL in an IMG tag.

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-2003-1453 is rated Exploit Available (57.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1453

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22539 exploit_db edb 2003-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1453

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 0.56% 1.46% +0.89%
2 2026-03-01 0.26% 0.56% +0.31%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1453

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-2003-1453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xoops xoops 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xoops xoops 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1453

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