CVE-2002-0840 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-0840

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default error page of...

Vulnerability Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default error page of Apache 2.0 before 2.0.43, and 1.3.x up to 1.3.26, when UseCanonicalName is "Off" and support for wildcard DNS is present, allows remote attackers to execute script as other web page visitors via the Host: header, a different vulnerability than CAN-2002-1157.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

http server, application server, database server, oracle8i, oracle9i
Vulnerable Versions:
1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.6, 1.3.9, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.14, 1.3.17, 1.3.18, 1.3.19, 1.3.20, 1.3.22, 1.3.23, 1.3.24, 1.3.25, 1.3.26, 2.0, 2.0.28, 2.0.32, 2.0.35, 2.0.36, 2.0.37, 2.0.38, 2.0.39, 2.0.40, 2.0.41, 2.0.42, 1.0.2, 1.0.2.1s, 1.0.2.2, 9.0.2, 9.0.2.1, 8.1.7, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 8.1.7.1, 8.1.7_.0.0_enterprise, 8.1.7_.1.0_enterprise, 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.2, 9.0.1.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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