CVE-2002-0457 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BG GuestBook 1.0, specifically within the signgbook.php script. Remote attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript by injecting encoded HTML tags into various user-input fields like name, email, or message. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.6, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, high complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bg_guestbook:bg_guestbook:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.