CVE-2002-0615 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0615?

CVE-2002-0615 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Windows Media Active Playlist in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 stores information in a well known location on the local file system, allowing attackers to execute HTML scripts in the Local Computer zone, aka "Media Playback Script Invocation".

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0615?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0615?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0615 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2002-0615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3pvq-p4gr-34c3.