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CVE-2002-2171

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2171 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in acWEB versions 1.8 and 1.14, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script through a crafted URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, as it requires user interaction (medium attack complexity) but can lead to information disclosure (partial impact to integrity). While not observed in active exploitation (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists via ExploitDB (EDB-21858), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrey_cherezov:acweb:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrey_cherezov:acweb:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21858 · Sep 25, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0173 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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/2002-09/0304.html
iss.net / security_center/static/10191.php
securityfocus.com / bid/5793
Exploit