Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-5553
CVE-2008-5553
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."
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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