CVE-2003-0446

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 6.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-06/0120.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005762.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105585986015421&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105595990924165&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105585001905002&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9055
http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm013-ie/
http://www.osvdb.org/3065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7938
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12334
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-06/0120.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005762.html

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