CVE-2002-0242: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 11.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via an Extended HTML Form, whose output from the remote server is not properly cleansed.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: up to and including 6.0

Published 2002-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.