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CVE-2003-1278

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1278 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenTopic version 2.3.1, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script into IMG tags. This could lead to the execution of malicious scripts in a victim's browser, potentially enabling the theft of authentication information via cookies. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial impact on integrity, requiring no authentication. While there is an ExploitDB entry for HTML injection, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:infopop:opentopic:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22125 · Jan 6, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0366 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

iss.net / security_center/static/10985.php
securityfocus.com / archive/1/305232
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6523
Exploit