CVE-2002-1006
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.36% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 July 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bbc education/betsie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5135Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5135Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.