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CVE-2003-0992

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0992 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'create' CGI script of GNU Mailman versions prior to 2.1.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to steal user cookies, potentially leading to session hijacking. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring medium attack complexity and user interaction to exploit, primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 34th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0992Important

security flaw

Sep 29, 2003

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
mail.python.org / pipermail/mailman-announce/2003-September/000061.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A815
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-020.html
PatchVendor Advisory