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CVE-2003-0442

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0442 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP versions prior to 4.3.2, specifically within its transparent SID support (session.use_trans_sid). This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script through the PHPSESSID parameter, impacting PHP installations on various Linux distributions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While not currently on the KEV catalog, its FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 suggests a high theoretical risk. Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-22696), though there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22696 · May 30, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0674 is in the 92nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0442

security flaw

May 11, 2003

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12259
shh.thathost.com / secadv/2003-05-11-php.txt
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A485
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-112.shtml
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-351
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 4758
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-204.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7761
securitytracker.com / id
turbolinux.co.jp / security/2003/TLSA-2003-47j.txt