Description
Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a "<" sign, and the 0x9b character to a ">" sign, which could allow remote attackers to attack other clients via cross-site scripting (CSS) in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.
Published: 2001-09-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1338 Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a "<" sign, and the 0x9b character to a ">" sign, which could allow remote attackers to attack other clients via cross-site scripting (CSS) in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.
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Netscape Communicator
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.196Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1357

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-10-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1357

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