Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5554
CVE-2008-5554
Description
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."
Affected products
2cpe: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
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