CVE-2008-1544

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
51.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: March 28, 2008 (6620 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 www.mindedsecurity.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com