CVE-2003-0038 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

Published: 2003-01-29

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 10.6% Moderate

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
Github GHSA	GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p	Mailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10629.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342745916111
http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailman/xss-2.1.0-patch.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436
http://www.osvdb.org/9205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005987
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11152

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailman

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-01-29T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.359Z

Reserved: 2003-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0038

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-02-07T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0038

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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