CVE-2003-1453 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MytextSanitizer function in XOOPS 1.3.5 through 1.3.9 and XOOPS 2.0 through 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URL in an IMG tag.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.46% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xoops | xoops |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Xoops 1.3.x/2.0 MyTextSanitizer - HTML Injection | 2003-04-25 |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319715
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11872
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319715
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11872
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