BBC Education Betsie up to 1.5.11 parserl.pl cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BBC Education Betsie up to 1.5.11. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file parserl.pl. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BBC Education Betsie up to 1.5.11. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file parserl.pl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 10/04/2002 by Mark Rowe (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10783 (Betsie Parser.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9468), Exploit-DB (21587), SecurityFocus (BID 5135†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6546†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/04/2002 +95 days 🔍
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07/29/2014 +3512 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Mark Rowe
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1006 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1006
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18920
X-Force: 9468
SecurityFocus: 5135 - Betsie Parserl.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6546 - XSS in BBC Education Betsie <= 1.5.11 via parserl.pl, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 11:42
Updated: 09/10/2025 16:28
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:42 (57), 05/27/2019 16:08 (1), 07/26/2024 04:39 (25), 09/10/2025 16:28 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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