CVE-2002-2235 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.1% (pctl 81)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.06% — more likely to be exploited than 81% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| jelsoft | vbulletin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | vBulletin 2.0.x/2.2.x - 'members2.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2002-11-25 |
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301076
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3229
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10701.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6246
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301076
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3229
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10701.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6246
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