PT-2008-5185 · Microsoft · .Net Framework+1

Published 2008-08-27 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft .NET Framework versions prior to the MS07-040 update

Description The issue is related to the Request Validation feature in ASP.NET, which fails to properly detect dangerous client input. This allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. For example, a query string containing a "</" (less-than slash) sequence can be used to exploit this issue.

Recommendations For Microsoft .NET Framework versions prior to the MS07-040 update, apply the MS07-040 update to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3842

Affected Products

.Net Framework

Asp.Net

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3842 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4193 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44741 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3842 · Note
• http://procheckup.com/PDFs/bypassing-dot-NET-ValidateRequest.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495667/100/0/threaded · Note