# CVE-2002-1651: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Verity Search97 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web content and steal sensitive info

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Verity Search97 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web content and steal sensitive information from other clients, possibly due to certain error messages from template pages that use the (1) vformat or (2) vfilter functions.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5102
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/636431
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9441

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