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CVE-2002-0388

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0388 describes cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in GNU Mailman versions prior to 2.0.11. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script through either the administration login page or Pipermail index summaries. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21480 · May 20, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0630 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0388Important

security flaw

May 20, 2002

References

mail.python.org / pipermail/mailman-announce/2002-May/000042.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/4826