CVE-2001-0743

O'Reilly WebBoard Pager 4.10 - Denial of Service via Escaped Character in Message

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0743. PoCs published by Helmuth Antholzer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a JavaScript injection vulnerability in O'Reilly WebBoard's messaging function to execute arbitrary JavaScript code, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by spawning multiple alert windows.

Description

Paging function in O'Reilly WebBoard Pager 4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a message with an escaped ' character followed by JavaScript commands.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Helmuth Antholzer · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20896

This exploit leverages a JavaScript injection vulnerability in O'Reilly WebBoard's messaging function to execute arbitrary JavaScript code, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by spawning multiple alert windows.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: O'Reilly WebBoard (versions not specified)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to WebBoard's interactive messaging function · Target user must receive and view the malicious message
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2814
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0326.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0521
EPSS Percentile 91.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
oreilly/webboard 4.10.30
Published Oct 18, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026