CVE-2003-0615
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in start_form() of CGI.pm allows remote attackers to insert web script via a URL that is fed into the form's action parameter.
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in start_form() of CGI.pm allows remote attackers to insert web script via a URL that is fed into the form's action parameter.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-08-01 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-07-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 35b6062c2fbb1a1d492c5f0e65dfc35f04629ff435ab825439dc81451def77d4
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20030720 CGI.pm vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting.http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=105875211018698&w=2
- wwwnew.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:084http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:084
- www.debian.orgDSA-371http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-371
- marc.info20030720 CGI.pm vulnerable to Cross-site Scriptinghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105880349328877&w=2
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:713http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000713
- www.ciac.orgN-155http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcgi-startform-xss(12669)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12669
- marc.info20030806 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.036] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl-www)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018783704468&w=2
- securitytracker.com1007234http://securitytracker.com/id?1007234
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:256http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-256.html
- sunsolve.sun.com101426http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101426-1
- secunia.com13638http://secunia.com/advisories/13638
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:470https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A470
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:307https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A307
- www.securityfocus.com8231http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8231
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#246409http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/246409
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.8.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.8.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.8.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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