CVE-2008-1544

N/A

Published: March 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC

6 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows Server 2008Windows Xp

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 26%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

5.01 sp4 6 6 sp1 7

microsoft-windows-2000 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)

Windows 2000 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Server 2003 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Server 2008 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Vista · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions