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CVE-2002-0189

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute scripts in the Local Computer zone via a URL that exploits a local HTML resource file, aka the "Cross-Site Scripting in Local HTML Resource" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2, 6.0

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19

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