CVE-2011-1258: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 14.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly restrict web script, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via vectors involving a drag-and-drop operation, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6 only; version 7 only; version 8 only

Published 2011-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.