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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-0266

The XMLHTTP ActiveX controls in XML Core Services 3.0 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and…

HIGH 7.1EPSS 19.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The XMLHTTP ActiveX controls in XML Core Services 3.0 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a web page that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MSXML Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
EPSS
19.41% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%26 October 2026: 19.41%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 19.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.