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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2001-1325 in the critical feed json

Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5, and Outlook Express 5.0 and 5.5, allow remote attackers to execute scripts when Active Scripting is disabled…

published 2001-04-20 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1306

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.3%
EPSS 27.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5, and Outlook Express 5.0 and 5.5, allow remote attackers to execute scripts when Active Scripting is disabled by including the scripts in XML stylesheets (XSL) that are referenced using an IFRAME tag, possibly due to a vulnerability in Windows Scripting Host (WSH).

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20782)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

27.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20782 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/5.5 / OE 5.5 - XML Stylesheets Active Scripting remote, 2001-04-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2633 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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