Description
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.
Published: 2008-03-28
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: 51.2% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows Xp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2008-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1544

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1544

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