CVE-2001-1157 describes a vulnerability in Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper versions 4.0 and 4.02, where the product fails to properly filter Javascript from HTML pages. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass filtering mechanisms by injecting malicious scripts using malformed SCRIPT tags or Unicode characters. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, as it can lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:baltimore_technologies:websweeper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:baltimore_technologies:websweeper:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.