# CVE-2008-0273: Interpretation conflict in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.11 and 5.x before 5.6, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to condu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Interpretation conflict in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.11 and 5.x before 5.6, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via invalid UTF-8 byte sequences, which are not processed as UTF-8 by Drupal's HTML filtering, but are processed as UTF-8 by Internet Explorer, effectively removing characters from the document and defeating the HTML protection mechanism.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0134
- http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=6878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28422
- http://drupal.org/node/208564
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39619
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0127
- http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1349
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28486

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