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CVE-2002-0837

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0837 describes a vulnerability in wordtrans 1.1pre8 and earlier, specifically within the wordtrans-web package. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by manipulating certain parameters, likely "dict," within the wordtrans.php script. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0_beta2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordtrans:wordtrans-web:1.0_beta2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1_pre8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordtrans:wordtrans-web:1.1_pre8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0837

security flaw

Sep 9, 2002

References

marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-188.html
PatchVendor Advisory
guardent.com / comp_news_wordtrans-web.html
iss.net / security_center/static/10059.php
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10063.php
securityfocus.com / bid/5671
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5674
PatchVendor Advisory