CVE-2001-1416 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the log messages in certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via an image in the (1) DATA, (2) STYLE, or (3) BINARY tags

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the log messages in certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via an image in the (1) DATA, (2) STYLE, or (3) BINARY tags

Published Mar 20, 2005

5.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.60%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the log messages in certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via an image in the (1) DATA, (2) STYLE, or (3) BINARY tags.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.60% 0.01605

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01605

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.60% (0.01605)	74.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.60% (0.01605)	72.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.44% (0.01445)	79.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.52% (0.00522)	77.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.52% (0.00522)	76.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.52% (0.00522)	73.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541384
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPBQ
x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=19811&DisplayTab=Article
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541384		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPBQ		x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=19811&DisplayTab=Article		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 20, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 20, 2005

Link CVE-2001-1416

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1416

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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