4.3

CVE-2003-0038: gnu mailman

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-82rm-28q9-435pPYSEC-2026-657
Published 29-01-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0038 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in gnu mailman. EPSS estimates a 4.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.76%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-436

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.76% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databasecgiVerified

    GNU Mailman 2.1 - 'email' Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databasecgiVerified

    GNU Mailman 2.1 - Error Page Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
PyPI1 product
  • mailman< 2.1.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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