CVE - CVE-2008-5551

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5551	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
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BID:32780 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32780 BUGTRAQ:20081211 Aspect9: Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded SREASON:4724 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4724 XF:ie-antixss-xss(47277) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081212	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081212)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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