CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2008-5552
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
11.56%
Microsoft
Original 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 via a CRLF sequence in conjunction with a crafted Content-Type header, as demonstrated by a header with a utf-7 charset value. NOTE: the vendor has reportedly stated that the XSS Filter intentionally does not attempt to "address every conceivable XSS attack scenario."