Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos HTMLGear guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script via (1) STYLE attri…

published 2003-04-02 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1476

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos HTMLGear guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script via (1) STYLE attributes or (2) SRC attributes in an IMG tag.

Timeline

2002-09-17 First public exploit (EDB-21802)
2003-04-02 Published

Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-21802 Lycos HTMLGear - guestGear CSS HTML Injection webapps, 2002-09-17
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5728 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0198.html 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

securityfocus.com /bid/5728
vdb-entry, exploit, vendor-advisory
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0198.html
mailing-list, exploit, vendor-advisory
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0132.html
mailing-list, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/12235
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2002-1493
NVD CVE-2002-1493

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Summary