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CVE-2002-1276

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1276 describes an incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8. The vulnerability arises because the strip_tags function is called on the PHP_SELF value but the result is not saved, leaving it susceptible to XSS attacks. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1276

security flaw

Nov 2, 2002

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/8220
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-191
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10634.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-042.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7019