{"cve":"CVE-2008-5551","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-12T18:30:03.280","modified":"2026-06-16T23:00:31.803","status":"Modified","description":"The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting data at two different positions within an HTML document, related to STYLE elements and the CSS expression property, aka a \"double injection.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4724","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32780","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4724"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5551","score":0.13994,"percentile":0.96553,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}