# CVE-2000-0746: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of a trusted site via crafted links, requiring user interaction to trigger the error message.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Sep 2000
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93vc-c3w9-g6c9

## What is CVE-2000-0746?

CVE-2000-0746 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 21 Sep 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0746?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2000-0746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2000-0746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server

- [CVE-2004-0573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0573/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2000-0260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0260/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2000-0256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0256/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-0012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0012/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2007-3109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3109/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2000-0746 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 21 Sep 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Information Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2000-0746

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.