CVE-2002-0008

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Bugzilla before 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to (1) spoof a user comment via an HTTP request to process_bug.cgi using the "who" parameter, instead of the Bugzilla_login cookie, or (2) post a bug as another user by modifying the reporter parameter to enter_bug.cgi, which is passed to post_bug.cgi.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: through 2.14.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0034.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108385
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108516
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-001.html
http://www.bugzilla.org/security2_14_1.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7804.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7805.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3793
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3794
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0034.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108385
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108516

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