TI-2003-00034 Aliases CVE-2003-0038 GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote…

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2003-01-29 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0476 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed mailman (PyPI): 2.1.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	mailman (PyPI)	before 2.1.1	2.1.1	Patch available	GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
mailman (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.1 Fixed in 2.1.1 Patch available GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:::::::*	2.1	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p mailman (PyPI) Fixed in 2.1.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0038
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0038

Other 2

TI-2025-28486 Path traversal in GNU Mailman CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-28487 OS command injection in GNU Mailman CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2025-28488 Incorrect authorization in GNU Mailman CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2015-02450 Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
TI-2002-00830 Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman before 2.0.12 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2002-00374 Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Mailman before 2.0.11 allow remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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