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CVE-2008-5551
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS…
Medium4.3EPSS 14.0%
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- mitre
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.0% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 32780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4724 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ie-antixss-xss(47277) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081211 Aspect9: Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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