The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-03-28T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.677Z

Reserved: 2008-03-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1544

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-28T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2023-12-07T18:38:56.693

Link: CVE-2008-1544

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