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CVE-2002-1929

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1929 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP Arena paFileDB versions 1.1.3 through 3.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected web pages by manipulating the query string in the 'rate', 'email', or 'download' actions of pafiledb.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity, requires no authentication, and primarily impacts data integrity (e.g., session hijacking) with no direct impact on confidentiality or availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_arena:pafiledb:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21957 · Oct 21, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 60th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/296387
iss.net / security_center/static/10416.php
securiteam.com / unixfocus/6J00Q0A5PK.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6018
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/6019
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/6020
Exploit