CVE-2003-0038

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.048 · 92 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

4.76% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

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

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v2.03.9lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-22198GNU Mailman 2.1 - 'email' Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-22199GNU Mailman 2.1 - Error Page Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gnu mailman= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI mailman< 2.1.1osvUSpkg:pypi/mailman

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-82rm-28q9-435pMailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 2022-04-29ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2026-657Mailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2003-02-07modified 2026-06-16

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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