VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-1785

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zeus Administration Server in Zeus Web Server 4.0 through 4.1r2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the section parameter to index.fcgi.

EXPLOIT ✓LOW 1.9EPSS 2.79%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 2.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 2.79% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 November 2002
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: zeus technologies/zeus web server
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-22000 source ↗	Zeus Web Server 4.0/4.1 - Admin Interface Cross-Site Scriptingcgi · euronymous	remote	8 November 2002	yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0104.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/302961Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10567.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6144Exploit, Patch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0104.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/302961Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10567.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6144Exploit, Patch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.