VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-1114

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability11.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-02-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

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