CVE-2002-0902

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.0, 2.0_beta1, 2.0_rc1, 2.0_rc2, 2.0_rc3, 2.0_rc4

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274273
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9178.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4858
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274273
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9178.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4858

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