XSS in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2012-1872
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted character sequences with EUC-JP encoding, aka "EUC-JP Character Encoding Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.064 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 8
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-1872?
- CVE-2012-1872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2012-06-12.
- How severe is CVE-2012-1872?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.