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CVE-2009-4074
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct…
Medium4.3EPSS 14.8%
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- mitre
Description
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, related to the details of output encoding and improper modification of an HTML attribute, aka "XSS Filter Script Handling Vulnerability."
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)
- 14.8% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (4 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
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Affected products
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References (6)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://hackademix.net/2009/11/21/ies-xss-filter-creates-xss-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.owasp.org/images/5/50/OWASP-Italy_Day_IV_Maone.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS10-002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
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