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CVE-2008-5554

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Published: Dec 12, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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4.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

The 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."

Affected (1)

1 product
Internet Explorer
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 8 beta2

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