XSS in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-5552
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."
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.116 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.116 · newest: 0.116 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47441 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5552?
- CVE-2008-5552 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-12-12.
- Is CVE-2008-5552 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.