CVE-2011-1894

Microsoft Windows - Cross-Site Scripting via MHTML Protocol Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle a MIME format in a request for embedded content in an HTML document, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted EMBED element in a web page that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Vulnerability."

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48205
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025655
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12494

Scores

EPSS 0.1141
EPSS Percentile 95.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_2003_server (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Jun 16, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026