CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-1104

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A variant of the 'IIS Cross-Site Scripting' vulnerability allows a malicious website operator to embed scripts in a link to a trusted site. These scripts are returned unquoted in an error message back to the client, who then executes them in the same context as the trusted site.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code in the context of a trusted site, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the IIS server and implement appropriate security measures to mitigate the risk of script embedding in error messages.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Variant of the "IIS Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerability as originally discussed in MS:MS00-060 (CVE-2000-0746) allows a malicious web site operator to embed scripts in a link to a trusted site, which are returned without quoting in an error message back to the client. The client then executes those scripts in the same context as the trusted site.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS