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CVE-2008-1545 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29453 CVEVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804 CVE
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html CVEExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft internet explorer
7.0
7.0.5730.11

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0.5730.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1545
NVD Published Date:
Mar 28, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-1545 Details - Not Deferred