Unscored severity · published Feb 7, 2003
CVE-2003-0038
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
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CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mailman · Gnu
2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0038
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342745916111
Patch
http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailman/xss-2.1.0-patch.txt
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/9205
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6677
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005987
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