CVE-2002-1459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in L-Forum 2.40 and earlier, when the "Enable HTML in messages" option is off, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary script or HTML via message fields including (1) From, (2) E-Mail, and (3) Subject.

Published: 2003-03-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:leszek_krupinski:l-forum:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1442	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in L-Forum 2.40 and earlier, when the "Enable HTML in messages" option is off, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary script or HTML via message fields including (1) From, (2) E-Mail, and (3) Subject.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01916.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0115.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=53716&atid=471343&file_id=26687&aid=579278
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=579278&group_id=53716&atid=471343
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9838.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5462

History

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Subscriptions

Leszek Krupinski L-forum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.686Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-06-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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