CVE-2010-1489
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly perform neutering for the SCRIPT tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, a different…
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Description
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly perform neutering for the SCRIPT tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, a different issue than CVE-2009-4074.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 14.62% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/04/19/guidance-on-internet-explorer-xss-filter.aspxBroken Link
- http://p42.us/ie8xss/Exploit
- http://p42.us/ie8xss/Abusing_IE8s_XSS_Filters.pdfExploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12638Tool Signature
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/04/19/guidance-on-internet-explorer-xss-filter.aspxBroken Link
- http://p42.us/ie8xss/Exploit
- http://p42.us/ie8xss/Abusing_IE8s_XSS_Filters.pdfExploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12638Tool Signature
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.