Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1894

Title: phpBB XSS via highlight parameter in viewtopic.php

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1894.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1894: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlight parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300362 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10653.php http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=56283 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6195 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300362 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10653.php http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=56283 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6195

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1894 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.