CVE-2004-2363 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Validate-Before-Canonicalize vulnerability in the checkURI function in functions.inc.php in PHPX 3.0 through 3.2.6 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via hex-encoded tags, which bypass the check for literal "<", ">", "(", and ")" characters, as demonstrated using the limit parameter to forums.php and a variety of other vectors.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.85% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpx | phpx |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHPX 3.x - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities | 2004-05-05 |
References
- http://www.phpx.org/project.php?action=view&project_id=1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/362230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16065
- http://www.phpx.org/project.php?action=view&project_id=1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/362230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16065
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