Squished Mosquito Escapade Scripting Engine PAGE cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Squished Mosquito Escapade Scripting Engine. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation of the argument PAGE causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2003-0763. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Squished Mosquito Escapade Scripting Engine (affected version not known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument PAGE with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Escapade Scripting Engine (ESP) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script via the method parameter, as demonstrated using the PAGE parameter.

The bug was discovered 09/09/2003. The weakness was disclosed 09/17/2003 by Bahaa Naamneh as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0763 since 09/09/2003. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11401 (Escapade Scripting Engine PAGE Parameter 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 (13147), Exploit-DB (23127), SecurityFocus (BID 8573†), OSVDB (2530†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9388†). The entry VDB-20828 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Bahaa Naamneh
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0763 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0763
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20827
X-Force: 13147
SecurityFocus: 8573 - Escapade Scripting Engine PAGE Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 2530 - Escapade Scripting Engine, Cross-Site Scripting via HTTP Request
Vulnerability Center: 9388 - Escapade Scripting Engine XSS via the Method Parameter, Medium

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

Created: 08/15/2014 01:00
Updated: 07/24/2025 05:10
Changes: 08/15/2014 01:00 (57), 06/10/2019 11:10 (6), 08/01/2024 23:57 (25), 07/24/2025 05:10 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:276:103

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