4.3med
CVE-2008-5552
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS att…
Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.6%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks via a CRLF sequence in conjunction with a crafted Content-Type header, as demonstrated by a header with a utf-7 charset value. NOTE: the vendor has reportedly stated that the XSS Filter intentionally does not attempt to "address every conceivable XSS attack scenario."
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
11.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47277 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47441 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-5552
- NVD: CVE-2008-5552
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