CVE-2008-1544

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.1/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 28, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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