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."
Published: 2008-12-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 13.7% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:46.912Z

Reserved: 2008-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5553

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-12T18:30:03.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5553

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