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CVE-2011-0096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0096 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MHTML protocol handler affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to execute XSS attacks via a crafted website, requiring user interaction to trigger. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists, and it has garnered some community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

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
46.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-16071 · Jan 29, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4682 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blogs.technet.com / b/msrc/archive/2011/01/28/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2501696.aspx
blogs.technet.com / b/srd/archive/2011/01/28/more-information-about-the-mhtml-script-injection-vulnerability.aspx
osvdb.org / 70693
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-026
secunia.com / advisories/43093
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65000
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6956
80vul.com / webzine_0x05/0x05%20IE%E4%B8%8BMHTML%E5%8D%8F%E8%AE%AE%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%A8%E5%9F%9F%E5%8D%B1%E5%AE%B3.html
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/16071
Exploit
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/326549
US Government Resource
microsoft.com / technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/46055
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0242
Vendor Advisory