CVE Vulnerability

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."

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2008-12-12 06:30

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:56

NVD link : CVE-2008-5553

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5553

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79