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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-1031

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in register.php for vBulletin 3.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via optional fields such as (1) "Interests-Hobbies", (2) "Biography", or (3) "Occupation."

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.39%

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 1.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in register.php for vBulletin 3.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via optional fields such as (1) "Interests-Hobbies", (2) "Biography", or (3) "Occupation."

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.39% probability · 72th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 August 2003
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.39%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.4% 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-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-22990source ↗vBulletin 3.0 - 'register.php' HTML Injectionphp · Ferruh Mavitunawebapps6 August 2003yes

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