| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2002-0269 (CCN-8218) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2002-02-12 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2002-02-12 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2021-07-23 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Other | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: geekgang Security Advisory [gsa2002-01] Web browsers ignore the Content-Type header, thus allowing cross-site scripting Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2002-0269 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20020212 [GSA2002-01] Web browsers ignore the Content-Type header, thus allowing cross-site scripting Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 6272 Microsoft IE MIME Content-Type Header Processing Weakness Cross-content XSS Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ie-contenttype-header-xss(8218) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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