Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-5556
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are encoded with utf-7, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting crafted utf-7 content. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes this issue, stating "Behaviour is by design.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.111
EPSS Ranking 93.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2008-5556
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8