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CVE-2018-8470

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8470 describes a security feature bypass vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11 that allows for a universal cross-site scripting (UXSS) condition due to improper script handling. This medium-severity vulnerability, rated 6.1 CVSS, requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). While affecting various Microsoft Windows operating systems, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0327 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (37)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10951
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10952
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11497
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11498
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11453
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-11454
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10729
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10735
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10816
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10047
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10048
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10051
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10481
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10482
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10483
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10484
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2012 R2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows RT 8.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Sep/CVE-2018-8470Important

Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Sep 11, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8470
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105267
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041632
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry