CVE-2008-1545
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 11.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1546)
- Published
- March 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1546 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29453(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786
- http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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