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CVE-2002-1480

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1480 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpGB versions prior to 1.20, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious HTML or script into guestbook entries. This code executes when an administrator attempts to delete the compromised entry. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, an exploit for HTML injection exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpgb:phpgb:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21780 · Sep 9, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0427 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/2002-09/0069.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10060.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5676
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory