CVE-2002-2255

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2002-2255 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2255 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting phpbb (phpbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 73.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpbb phpbb	`= 2.0.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0053.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/6311 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10773

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