CVE-2008-5551 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) filter bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2. Attackers could circumvent the browser's XSS protection by injecting malicious data at two distinct points within an HTML document, specifically leveraging STYLE elements and the CSS expression property. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.