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Microsoft Internet Explorer 'XSS Filter' XSS Vulnerabilities - Nov09
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This NVT has been replaced by OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901097.
Insight
Insight
The XSS Filter used in 'response-changing mechanism' to conduct XSS attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, related to the details of output encoding.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.