CVE-2010-1489

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

[Broken Link] http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/04/19/guidance-on-internet-explorer-xss-filter.aspx

[Exploit] http://p42.us/ie8xss/

[Exploit] http://p42.us/ie8xss/Abusing_IE8s_XSS_Filters.pdf

[Tool Signature] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12638

Scores

EPSS 0.2205

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

microsoft/internet_explorer

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Apr 20, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026