# CVE-2000-0746: Vulnerabilities in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 do not properly protect against cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2000-09-21 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Vulnerabilities in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 do not properly protect against cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks. They allow a malicious web site operator to embed scripts in a link to a trusted site, which are returned without quoting in an error message back to the client. The client then executes those scripts in the same context as the trusted site, aka the "IIS Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerabilities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39A12BD6.E811BF4F%40nat.bg
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1594
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1595
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-060

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