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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-1640

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 0.94 and 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and HTML via the (1) terme parameter to search.php or (2) letter parameter to letter.php.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.14%

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 2.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 0.94 and 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and HTML via the (1) terme parameter to search.php or (2) letter parameter to letter.php.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
2.14% probability · 82th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 August 2004
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.14%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.1% 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-24415source ↗Nagl XOOPS Dictionary Module 1.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesphp · CyruxNETwebapps28 August 2004yes

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