CVE-2002-0902

highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

7.16% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.0 (phpBB2) allows remote attackers to execute Javascript as other phpBB users by including a http:// and a double-quote (") in the [IMG] tag, which bypasses phpBB's security check, terminates the src parameter of the resulting HTML IMG tag, and injects the script.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USLLM-inferredCWE-80USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21486PHPBB2 - Image Tag HTML Injectionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0_beta1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0_rc1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0_rc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0_rc3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0_rc4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-10-04modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274273 enisa_euvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9178.php enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4858 enisa_euvd
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274273 nvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9178.phpPatchVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4858ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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