CVE-2002-0902 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.0 (phpBB2) allows remote attackers to execute Javascript as other phpBB users by including a http:// and a double-quote (") in the [IMG] tag, which bypasses phpBB's security check, terminates the src parameter of the resulting HTML IMG tag, and injects the script.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.16% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-10-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpbb group | phpbb |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHPBB2 - Image Tag HTML Injection | 2002-05-26 |
References
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