The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not properly handle some HTTP headers that appear after a CRLF sequence in a URI, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS or redirection attacks, as demonstrated by the (1) Location and (2) Set-Cookie HTTP headers. 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.166Z

Reserved: 2008-12-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5554

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-12T18:30:03.327

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

Link: CVE-2008-5554

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