CVE-2002-2178

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in article.php module for phpWebSite 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript script via the sid parameter, as demonstrated using an IMG tag.

Affected products

Phpwebsite: 0.8.3

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10256.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293879
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5864
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10256.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293879
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5864

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