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CVE-2002-1006

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Bbc Education Betsie: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+6)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0002.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/parser.pl.txt
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9468.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5135
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0002.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/parser.pl.txt
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9468.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5135

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