CVE-2003-0446

medium

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, possibly in a component that is also used by other Microsoft products, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script via an XML file that contains a parse error, which inserts the script in the resulting error message.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12334

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7938

http://www.osvdb.org/3065

http://secunia.com/advisories/9055

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105585001905002&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105595990924165&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105585986015421&w=2

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005762.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-06/0120.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-07-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.22998