Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos HTMLGear guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script via (1) STYLE attributes or (2) SRC attributes in an IMG tag.
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
- Lycos HTMLGear - guestGear CSS HTML Injection EDB-21802 · webapps · Sep 17, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- guestgear-img-xss(12235) vdb-entry
- 5728 vdb-entry
- 20020926 [VulnWatch] BugTraq ID: 5728 mailing-list
- 20020914 Lycos HTMLGear Guestbook Script Injection Vulnerability mailing-list