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CVE-2003-1453

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1453 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the MytextSanitizer function of XOOPS versions 1.3.5 through 1.3.9 and 2.0 through 2.0.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, specifically through a javascript: URL embedded in an IMG tag. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential impact limited to integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though it lacks Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22539 · Apr 25, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 43rd 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/3269
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11872
securityfocus.com / archive/1/319715
securityfocus.com / bid/7434
ExploitPatch