CVE-2008-1544

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.

• CWE-20

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29453Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3785
• http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489954/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28379Patch
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020226
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5291
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29453Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3785
• http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489954/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28379Patch
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020226
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5291

Published

Mar 28, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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