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Medium
CVE-2002-2255
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in phpBB 2.0.3 and...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in phpBB 2.0.3 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search_username parameter in searchuser mode.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
phpbb
View all reports →Affected Software
phpbb
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 14th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.