Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-5551 (CCN-47277)

Assigned:2008-12-11
Published:2008-12-11
Updated:2018-10-11
Summary: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."
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
4.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
4.1 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Dec 11 2008 - 10:27:43 CST
Aspect9: Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-5551

Source: SREASON
Type: UNKNOWN
4724

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Internet Explorer Web site
Windows Internet Explorer 8

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 57062
Microsoft IE STYLE Element / CSS Expression Property Double Content Injection XSS Filter Bypass

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20081211 Aspect9: Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities

Source: BID
Type: Exploit
32780

Source: CCN
Type: BID-32780
Internet Explorer 8 CSS 'expression' Property Cross Site Scripting Filter Bypass Weakness

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-xss-filter-bypass(47277)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-antixss-xss(47277)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft internet explorer 8 beta2