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CVE-2003-0965

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0965 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin CGI script of GNU Mailman versions prior to 2.1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to steal session cookies and perform unauthorized actions within the Mailman administration interface. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0965Important

security flaw

Dec 31, 2003

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
mail.python.org / pipermail/mailman-announce/2003-December/000066.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/10519
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/14121
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A813
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-436
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 3305
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-020.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/9336
Vendor Advisory