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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2002-1894 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1873

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlight parameter.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • online.securityfocus.com http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300362 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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