CVE-2007-1114 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-02-26

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 21.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.21575.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/24314
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html
http://www.osvdb.org/32119
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22701
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0744

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-26T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:43:22.580Z

Reserved: 2007-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1114

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-02-26T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1114

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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