CVE-2013-3166

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving incorrect auto-selection of the Shift JIS encoding, leading to cross-domain scrolling events, aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0015.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 34.01% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17306 signature vdb entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-055 vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-3166?
CVE-2013-3166 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-3166?
To fix CVE-2013-3166, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-3166 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-3166 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~34% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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