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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2002-1996 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PostNuke 0.71 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via th…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1975

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PostNuke 0.71 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name parameter in modules.php and (2) catid parameter in index.php.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0288.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.