Interpretation conflict in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.11 and 5.x before 5.6, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via invalid UTF-8 byte sequences, which are not processed as UTF-8 by Drupal's HTML filtering, but are processed as UTF-8 by Internet Explorer, effectively removing characters from the document and defeating the HTML protection mechanism
Published Jan 15, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.27%
Description
Interpretation conflict in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.11 and 5.x before 5.6, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via invalid UTF-8 byte sequences, which are not processed as UTF-8 by Drupal's HTML filtering, but are processed as UTF-8 by Internet Explorer, effectively removing characters from the document and defeating the HTML protection mechanism.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.2.0_rc
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.5
- 4.5.1
- 4.5.2
- 4.5.3
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.5
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.7
- 4.5.8
- 4.6
- 4.6.1
- 4.6.2
- 4.6.3
- 4.6.4
- 4.6.5
- 4.6.6
- 4.6.7
- 4.6.8
- 4.6.9
- 4.6.10
- 4.6.11
- 4.7
- 4.7.1
- 4.7.2
- 4.7.3
- 4.7.4
- 4.7.5
- 4.7.6
- 4.7.7
- 4.7.8
- 4.7.9
- 4.7.10
- 4.7_rev_1.2
- 4.7_rev_1.15
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.1_rev1.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02271) | 82.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02271) | 80.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 62.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00509) | 77.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00432) | 74.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 74.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 73.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 70.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://drupal.org/node/208564 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28422 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28486 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27238 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=6878 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1349 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0127 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0134 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39619 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://drupal.org/node/208564 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28422 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28486 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27238 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=6878 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1349 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0127 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0134 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39619 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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