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CVE-2002-0459

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0459 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Board-TNK 1.3.1 and earlier, as well as Linux-Sottises News-TNK, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript through the WEB parameter. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.6, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, high attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not listed in CISA KEV, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux-sottises:board-tnk:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux-sottises:news-tnk:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 8,913 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

translate.google.com / translate
iss.net / security_center/static/8475.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/262694
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4305
PatchVendor Advisory