CVE-2003-0038

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit

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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.76%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 92
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · GNU Mailman 2.1 - 'email' Cross-Site Scripting (1/24/2003)
Published on Exploit-DB · GNU Mailman 2.1 - Error Page Cross-Site Scripting (1/24/2003)

Affected technologies (1)

GNU — Mailman

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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