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CVE-2007-1114
The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an…
Medium4.3EPSS 12.0%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 22701 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070223 Advisory 03/2007: Multiple Browsers Cross Domain Charset Inheritance Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32119 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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