CVE-2008-1545 — Improper Input Validation in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation2 documents2 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
24.2%
top 3.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedMar 28
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/internet_explorer7.0, 7.0.5730.11+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-mqxg-27cj-85m3: The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not restrict the dangerous Transfer-Encoding HTTP reque↗2022-05-01
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