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CVE-2002-1053

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1053 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in W3C Jigsaw Proxy Server versions prior to 2.2.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary script in a user's browser by crafting a malicious URL that includes a nonexistent host followed by the script, which is then reflected in an error message. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk where an attacker can achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with medium attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:w3c:jigsaw:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 19,952 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, 0.0 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0190.html
iss.net / security_center/static/9914.php
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 4015
securityfocus.com / bid/5506
PatchVendor Advisory
w3.org / Jigsaw/RelNotes.html