Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer (Betsie) 1.5.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script via parserl.pl.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- BBC Education Betsie 1.5 - Parserl.pl Cross-Site Scripting EDB-21587 · webapps · Jul 1, 2002 · verified
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References
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/parser.pl.txt
- 20020701 PTL-2002-03 Betsie XSS Vuln mailing-list
- betsie-parserl-xss(9468) vdb-entry
- 5135 vdb-entry