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Case File

CVE-2008-5551

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 13.99%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-5551
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
13.99%
Microsoft

Original Filing — NVD 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."