BBC Education Betsie 1.5 - Parserl.pl Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Mark Rowe
type: webapps
platform: cgi
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date_added: 2002-07-01 
date_updated: 2012-09-29 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2002-1006;OSVDB-5031 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5135/info

Betsie (BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer) is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue exists in the parserl.pl script.

Attackers may exploit this condition via a malicious link to a site running the vulnerable software. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to cause script code to be executed in the web browser of a user who visits the malicious link.

http://server/cgi-bin/betsie/parserl.pl/<script>alert("eek!")</script>