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CVE-2007-1114
The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 12.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 22701 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070223 Advisory 03/2007: Multiple Browsers Cross Domain Charset Inheritance Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32119 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1111 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1114)Record last updated .