CVE-2002-2062: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 13.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ftp.htt in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, when running on Windows 2000 with "Enable folder view for FTP sites" and "Enable Web content in folders" selected, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the hostname portion of an FTP URL.

Affected products

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

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