CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3842
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft .net framework 2.0
• microsoft .net framework 1.1
• microsoft .net framework 1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4193 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.procheckup.com/PDFs/bypassing-dot-NET-ValidateRequest.pdf Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495667/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44741 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4193 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.procheckup.com/PDFs/bypassing-dot-NET-ValidateRequest.pdf Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495667/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44741 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com