Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS expression property XSS filter bypass
| ie-xss-filter-bypass (47277) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-site scripting filtering and launch cross-site scripting attacks against vulnerable Web sites. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious data into the CSS expression property.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Dec 11 2008 - 10:27:43 CST : Aspect9: Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Web site: Windows Internet Explorer 8.
- BID-32780: Internet Explorer 8 CSS 'expression' Property Cross Site Scripting Filter Bypass Weakness
- 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 expression property, aka a double injection.
- OSVDB ID: 57062: Microsoft IE STYLE Element / CSS Expression Property Double Content Injection XSS Filter Bypass
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 beta2
Reported:
Dec 11, 2008
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