CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3843

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2008-08-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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 with 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 tilde slash) sequence followed by a crafted STYLE element.

Affected configurations

• microsoft .net framework 1.0 • microsoft .net framework 1.1 • microsoft .net framework 2.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References