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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-5551

CVE-2008-5551

Description

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting data at two different positions within an HTML document, related to STYLE elements and the CSS expression property, aka a "double injection."

Affected products

2
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 8.0 Beta 2

Patches

0

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