Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-2255

Title: phpBB XSS via search_username parameter in search.php

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-2255

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-2255: 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.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

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

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-2002-2255 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22065

View Code

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.