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CVE-1999-1357

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 1999-10-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a "<" sign, and the 0x9b character to a ">" sign, which could allow remote attackers to attack other clients via cross-site scripting (CSS) in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.

Affected Platforms

Netscape Communicator

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References