CVE-2007-1114

Ie vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

11.6%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2007-02-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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