CVE-2008-5553

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 disables itself upon encountering a certain X-XSS-Protection HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting this header after a CRLF sequence. NOTE: the vendor has reportedly stated that the XSS Filter intentionally does not attempt to "address every conceivable XSS attack scenario."

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47442

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-12-12 18:30

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:21

NVD link : CVE-2008-5553

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5553

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5553

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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