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CVE-2002-0269
Published: May 3, 2002
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20020212 [GSA2002-01] Web browsers ignore the Content-Type header, thus allowing cross-site scripting
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