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CVE-2003-0038

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.10629
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu mailmanall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI mailman MODERATE fixed in 2.1.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsGNU Mailman 2.1 - 'email' Cross-Site Scriptingverified
webappsGNU Mailman 2.1 - Error Page Cross-Site Scriptingverified
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Feb 2003 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342745916111
http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailman/xss-2.1.0-patch.txtPatch
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/9205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005987
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