Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blue Coat Systems (formerly CacheFlow) CacheOS on Client Accelerator 4.1.06, Security Gateway 2.1.02, and Server Accelerator 4.1.06 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL to a nonexistent hostname that includes the HTML, which is inserted into the resulting error page.
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
- Cacheflow CacheOS 3.1.x/4.0.x/4.1 - Unresolved Domain Cross-Site Scripting EDB-21649 · remote · Jul 24, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5305 vdb-entry
- 20020724 CacheFlow CacheOS Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability mailing-list
- cacheos-unresolved-error-xss(9674) vdb-entry
- http://download.cacheflow.com/release/CA/4.1.00-docs/CACacheOS41fixes.htm
- 5608 vdb-entry