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CVE-2002-1853
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MyNewsGroups 0.4 and 0.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MyNewsGroups 0.4 and 0.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the subject of a newsgroup post, which is not properly handled by (1) myarticles.php, (2) search.php, (3) stats.php, or (4) standard.lib.php.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (4)
- 7177 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mynewsgroups-message-subject-xss(10238) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5836 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020929 MyNewsGroups :) XSS patch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
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