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Plain-English summary
CVE-2002-0319 is an old cross-site scripting issue in pforum 1.14 and earlier. A malicious username containing JavaScript could run in another user’s browser and expose cookies. Business urgency depends on whether any legacy pforum instance is still reachable.
Executive priority
Treat as a legacy exposure cleanup item. Escalate if pforum is internet-facing or handles authenticated users, because session cookies may be at risk.
Technical view
The CVE describes XSS in pforum edituser.php through the username field. The stated impact is script execution and cookie theft from other users. The bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, CPE, vendor patch details, or confirmed active exploitation.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to legacy pforum 1.14 or earlier deployments, especially internet-facing forums with user registration or profile editing enabled.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. It describes remote attacker capability through JavaScript in a username.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse and dated. The CVE record identifies the vector and impact, but lacks scoring, affected CPEs, patch metadata, and exploitation confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory and remove any exposed pforum 1.14 or earlier installations.
- Check vendor or maintainer guidance for a supported fixed version or migration path.
- Disable public account creation or profile editing until exposure is resolved.
- For maintained code, ensure usernames are validated and HTML-encoded before display.
Validation and detection
- Search assets for pforum installations and edituser.php exposure.
- Confirm deployed pforum versions against the 1.14-and-earlier affected range.
- Review whether usernames are rendered as executable browser content.
- Check forum user records for suspicious script-like username values.
Public sources used
Based on public source material and reviewed before publication.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 4165CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- pforum-username-css(8263)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- 20020222 pforum: cross-site-scripting bugCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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CWE details
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