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CVE-2002-0738

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0738 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MHonArc versions 2.5.2 and earlier, where the software fails to adequately filter JavaScript from archived email messages. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in a user's web client through various obfuscation techniques. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mhonarc:mhonarc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mhonarc:mhonarc:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mhonarc:mhonarc:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0260.html
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-163
iss.net / security_center/static/8894.php
PatchVendor Advisory
mhonarc.org / MHonArc/CHANGES
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4546
PatchVendor Advisory