CVE-2002-1493 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Lycos HTMLGear guestbook product. Remote attackers can inject arbitrary script into web pages by manipulating STYLE or SRC attributes within IMG tags. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and no authentication required, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21802) exists, and the CVE has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lycos:htmlgear_guestgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.