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CVE-2002-1649

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1649 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail versions prior to 1.2.3, specifically within the read_body.php component. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code by embedding a javascript: URL within an IMG tag. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit, requires no authentication, and primarily impacts data integrity with a low potential for confidentiality or availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 42nd 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1649

CVE-2002-1649

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0310.html
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7989
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/153043
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/3956