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CVE-2008-3842

Request Validation (aka the ValidateRequest filters) in ASP.NET in Microsoft .NET Framework without the MS07-040 update does not properly detect dangerous client input, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by a query string containing a "</" (less-than slash) sequence.

Published

2008-08-27T20:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft .net_framework 2.0 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2008 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2008 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2008 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft .net_framework 1.1 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2003 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt 2008 No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows-nt xp No
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft .net_framework 1.0 Yes
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