CVE-2008-5551

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting data at two different positions within an HTML document, related to STYLE elements and the CSS expression property, aka a "double injection."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Rafel Ivgi · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32654

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32780
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4724
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.3227
EPSS Percentile 96.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 8 beta2
Published Dec 12, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026