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CVE-2003-0442 (GCVE-0-2003-0442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-06-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:50
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the transparent SID support capability for PHP before 4.3.2 (session.use_trans_sid) allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary script via the PHPSESSID parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008653 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7761 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://shh.thathost.com/secadv/2003-05-11-php.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-351 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2003/TLSA-20… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
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http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-112.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-204.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2003-05-30 00:00
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        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "None",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:34:22+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2003-0442",
      "id": "CVE-2003-0442",
      "initial_release_date": "2003-05-11T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "security flaw",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2003/cve-2003-0442.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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