CVE-2015-0072
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element that triggers a redirect, a second IFRAME element that does not trigger a redirect, and an eval of a WindowProxy object, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 71.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-0110)
- Published
- February 7, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0110 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx
- http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html(Exploit)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62658
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031888
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100606
- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a-cross-site-scripting-zero-day-bug/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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