CVE-2002-1688: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 17.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.