4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-5553
Microsoft Internet Explorer Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Header Bypass
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."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 12, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-5553 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5553 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft internet_explorer

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Python CSS JavaScript HTML

Updated: 2 weeks ago
64 stars 24 fork 24 watcher
Born at : April 18, 2017, 9:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-5553 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-5553 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47277 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47442 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47442 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5553 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-5553 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.56 }} 0.15%

score

0.77924

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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