CVE-2008-2281

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the Print Table of Links feature in Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0b allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Local Machine Zone via an HTML document with a link containing JavaScript sequences, which are evaluated by a resource script when a user prints this document.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 8.0b
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0, 7.0

References

http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/14/InternetExplorerQuotPrintTableOfLinksquotCrossZoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/30141
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29217
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1529/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42416
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5619
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/14/InternetExplorerQuotPrintTableOfLinksquotCrossZoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/30141
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29217
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1529/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42416
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5619

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