CVE-2011-1992

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
18.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: December 14, 2011 (5266 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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."

CWE

CWE-79

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com