# CVE-2001-1157: Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.0 and 4.02 does not properly filter Javascript from HTML pages, which could allow remote attackers to by

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-03-15 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.0 and 4.02 does not properly filter Javascript from HTML pages, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the filtering via (1) an extra leading < and one or more characters before the SCRIPT tag, or (2) tags using Unicode.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/203821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3173

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