Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Type Confusion Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network via a specially crafted URL.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.5
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 26.8%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network via a specially crafted URL.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-05-13. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2025-06-03.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.