CVE-2012-1858

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
41.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: June 12, 2012 (5084 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The toStaticHTML API (aka the SafeHTML component) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Communicator 2007 R2, and Lync 2010 and 2010 Attendee does not properly handle event attributes and script, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTML document, aka "HTML Sanitization Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

microsoft lyncmicrosoft office communicatormicrosoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com