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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-5551

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…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 14.0%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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."

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
13.99% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.