CVE-2003-1278 — Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in OpenTopic 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into IMG tags

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Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in OpenTopic 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into IMG tags

Published Nov 16, 2005

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.66%

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in OpenTopic 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into IMG tags.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.66% 0.03658

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03658

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.66% (0.03658)	89.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.66% (0.03658)	88.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00492)	63.60th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.36% (0.00364)	73.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.27% (0.00273)	67.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.28% (0.00280)	67.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.25% (0.00254)	64.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 11, 2023	0.37% (0.00366)	68.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.34% (0.00343)	67.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	76.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	55.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10985.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305232
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6523
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10985.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305232		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6523		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 16, 2005

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Nov 16, 2005

Link CVE-2003-1278

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-1278

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-1278