CVE-2002-1060

Blue Coat CacheOS - Cross-Site Scripting via Nonexistent Hostname Error Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1060. PoCs published by T.Suzuki.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CacheOS firmware where user-supplied data is not sanitized before being included in an unresolved host error page. An attacker can craft a malicious link with embedded JavaScript that executes in the context of the requested domain.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blue Coat Systems (formerly CacheFlow) CacheOS on Client Accelerator 4.1.06, Security Gateway 2.1.02, and Server Accelerator 4.1.06 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL to a nonexistent hostname that includes the HTML, which is inserted into the resulting error page.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by T.Suzuki · textremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21649

The exploit describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CacheOS firmware where user-supplied data is not sanitized before being included in an unresolved host error page. An attacker can craft a malicious link with embedded JavaScript that executes in the context of the requested domain.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: CacheOS (CacheFlow web cache systems)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A victim must follow a crafted malicious link
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5305
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0283.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9674.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5608

Scores

EPSS 0.0487
EPSS Percentile 91.2%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
bluecoat/cacheos 3.1.17
bluecoat/cacheos 3.1.18
bluecoat/cacheos 3.1.19
bluecoat/cacheos 3.1.21
bluecoat/cacheos 4.0
bluecoat/cacheos 4.0.11
bluecoat/cacheos 4.0.12
bluecoat/cacheos 4.0.13
bluecoat/cacheos 4.0.14
bluecoat/cacheos 4.1.6
Published Oct 04, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026