Description
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in PowerBASIC urlcount.cgi, as included in Lil' HTTP web server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script in other web browsers via a request to urlcount.cgi that contains the script, which is not filtered when the REPORT capability prints the original request.
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
- Summit Computer Networks Lil' HTTP Server 2 - 'URLCount.cgi' HTML Injection EDB-21581 · remote · Jun 27, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5115 vdb-entry
- lilhttp-report-urlcount-xss(9445) vdb-entry
- 20020708 Technical Details of Urlcount.cgi Vulnerability mailing-list
- 20020626 ALERT: Lil'HTTP Server (Summit Computer Networks) mailing-list