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The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button

Published Jun 21, 2005

Description

The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 21, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 21, 2005
Link CVE-2002-1688
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2002-1688
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2002-1688