# CVE-2001-0520: Aladdin eSafe Gateway versions 3.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to circumvent filtering of SCRIPT tags by embedding the scripts with

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2001-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Aladdin eSafe Gateway versions 3.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to circumvent filtering of SCRIPT tags by embedding the scripts within certain HTML tags including (1) onload in the BODY tag, (2) href in the A tag, (3) the BUTTON tag, (4) the INPUT tag, or (5) any other tag in which scripts can be defined.

## What to do

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6580
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0284.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20869

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