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Internet Explorer Has Modified This Page To Prevent Cross-site Scripting (Doc ID 1059574.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack - Version 11.5.10.2 to 12.1.3 [Release 11.5.10 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Forms


Symptoms

In E-Business Suite Release 12, when attempting to launch any Form using MS Internet Explorer Browser Version 8, the following error occurs:

FRM-92101: There was a failure in the Forms during startup. This could happen due to an invalid configuration. Please look into the web server log file for details.


In the browser itself, the following message can also be observed:

Internet Explorer has modified this page to prevent cross-site scripting.


Using Internet Explorer 8 and the security zone has an option to Enable XSS filter set to be enabled.  Now once the option is set upon logon to Forms you encounter the following message:

FRM-92050: Failed to connect to the Server: /forms/lservlet:-1

 
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Login to E-Business Suite
2. Select any Forms based responsibility
3. Select any Form function to launch Forms


The issue has the following business impact:

Users cannot launch Forms using MSIE 8 in Release 12.1.1

Changes

You recently upgraded your browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 8.

Cause

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