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CVE-2010-1489

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1489 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. The browser's XSS filter fails to properly neutralize SCRIPT tags, enabling remote attackers to execute XSS attacks even on websites without inherent XSS flaws. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, no authentication required, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1462 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.technet.com / msrc/archive/2010/04/19/guidance-on-internet-explorer-xss-filter.aspx
Broken Link
p42.us / ie8xss
Exploit
p42.us / ie8xss/Abusing_IE8s_XSS_Filters.pdf
Exploit
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12638
Tool Signature