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CVE-2002-0840
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 95.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 95.1% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (36)
- DSA-188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-announce&m=103367938230488&w=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ESA-20021007-024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ENGARDEx_transferred
- HPSBUX0210-224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- DSA-187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-10-04 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20021003 [OpenPKG-SA-2002.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (apache) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CLA-2002:530 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20021017 TSLSA-2002-0069-apache (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021002 Apache 2 Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- apache-http-host-xss(10241) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021002 Apache 2 Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- VU#240329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 5847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:248 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [1/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073143 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [2/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210603 svn commit: r1075360 [1/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2021-31618.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [1/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [2/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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