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CVE-2011-1992

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a "trial and error" attack, aka "XSS Filter Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-099
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14745
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-099
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14745

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