CVE-2008-5552 | BDVDB-2026-33852 Detail

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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."

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1. Version 12008-12-12Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.