CVE-2008-1544

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
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• cve@mitre.org — Patch
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• cve@mitre.org — US Government Resource
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
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