CVE-2008-5554
medium · 4.3The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not properly handle some HTTP headers that appear after a CRLF sequence in a URI, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS or redirection attacks, as demonstrated by the (1) Location and (2) Set-Cookie HTTP headers. NOTE: the vendor has reportedly stated that the XSS Filter intentionally does not attempt to "address every conceivable XSS attack scenario."
4.3
CVSS
14.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2008-12-12
Published
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 |
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47443
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47443
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2008-5554