CVE-2008-1545

Public Exploit

Description

The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not restrict the dangerous Transfer-Encoding HTTP request header, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via a POST containing a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a request body with an incorrect chunk size.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 24.20% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29453 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786 third party advisory
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1545?
CVE-2008-1545 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1545?
To fix CVE-2008-1545, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1545 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1545 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~24% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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