CVE-2002-2255

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in phpBB 2.0.3 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search_username parameter in searchuser mode.

Affected products

phpBB: 2.0.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0053.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6311
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10773
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0053.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6311
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10773

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