CVE-2008-5554
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 - XSS
Title source: llmDescription
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."
Scores
EPSS
0.1369
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
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