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CVE-2002-1688

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button.

Affected products

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

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267561
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4505
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8844
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267561
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4505
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8844

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