CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2008-5554
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
14.51%
Microsoft
Original NVD 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."