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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-2235 json

member2.php in vBulletin 2.2.9 and earlier does not properly restrict the $perpage variable to be an integer, which causes an error message…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-2214

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

member2.php in vBulletin 2.2.9 and earlier does not properly restrict the $perpage variable to be an integer, which causes an error message to be reflected back to the user without quoting, which facilitates cross-site scripting (XSS) and possibly other attacks.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22042)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22042 vBulletin 2.0.x/2.2.x - 'members2.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2002-11-25
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6246 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • online.securityfocus.com http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301076 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3229 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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