CVE-2002-2178 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.7% (pctl 77)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in article.php module for phpWebSite 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript script via the sid parameter, as demonstrated using an IMG tag.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.75% — more likely to be exploited than 77% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpwebsite | phpwebsite |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | phpWebSite 0.8.3 - 'article.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2002-10-02 |
| exploit-db | phpWebSite 0.8.3 - News Message HTML Injection | 2002-09-25 |
References
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