CVE-2002-1995
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phptonuke.php for PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filnavn parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phptonuke.php for PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filnavn parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.54% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 January 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- lebios/phptonuke.php
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.5% 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.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q1/0048.htmlExploit
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7837.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3807Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q1/0048.htmlExploit
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7837.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3807Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.