CVE-2008-5551
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-5551- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-5551- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5526 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2008-5526- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxvw-3p7r-4cx6 No score
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the...
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."
- Record
GHSA-cxvw-3p7r-4cx6- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - CSS 'expression' Property Cross-Site Scripting Filter Bypass | 2008-12-11 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-5551 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published December 12, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.