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high 7.5

CVE-2002-0855 json

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman before 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute script as other users via a subscriber's lis…

published 2002-08-14 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0847

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman before 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute script as other users via a subscriber's list subscription options in the (1) adminpw or (2) info parameters to the ml-name feature.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2002-0855 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:176
  • Red Hat Powertools 7.0 Red Hat Powertools 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:177
  • Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:178

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21642)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21642 GNU Mailman 2.0.x - Admin Login Variant Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2002-07-24
  • EDB-21641 GNU Mailman 2.0.x - Subscribe Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2002-07-24
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5298 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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