CVE-2008-5552
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 - XSS
Title source: llmDescription
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."
Scores
EPSS
0.0806
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Classification
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Affected Products (2)
microsoft/internet_explorer
n/a/n/a
Timeline
Published
Dec 12, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026