CVE-2008-5553

Published Dec 12, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 11.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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."

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM
Reserved
Dec 12, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 12, 2008, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM