CVE-2002-0117 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1 Gold SP 1 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript and steal user cookies by embedding encoded JavaScript within an IMG tag in a message. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness of its exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.01_releaseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:0.01_release:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.01_sp1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:0.01_sp1:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000-09-01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:2000-09-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000-09-11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:2000-09-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.