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CVE-2008-3842

medium · 4.3

Request Validation (aka the ValidateRequest filters) in ASP.NET in Microsoft .NET Framework without the MS07-040 update does not properly detect dangerous client input, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by a query string containing a "</" (less-than slash) sequence.

4.3
CVSS
20.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2008-08-27
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoft.net_framework2.0
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2008
microsoftwindows-nt2008
microsoftwindows-nt2008
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoft.net_framework1.1
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2003
microsoftwindows-nt2008
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows-ntxp
microsoftwindows-ntxp

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References

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