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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-1157 · published 12 August 2001

CVE-2001-1157: Baltimore technologies websweeper vulnerability

Baltimore Technologies · Websweeper

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.4% · top 16.3%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/203821 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3172 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3173 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/203821 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3172 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3173 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-1157), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.