CVE-2004-0843: Microsoft Ie

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 33.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 does not properly handle plug-in navigation, which allows remote attackers to alter displayed address bars and thereby spoof web pages, facilitating phishing attacks, aka the "Plug-in Navigation Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 6 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only

Published 2004-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.