CVE-2008-3843

CVE-2008-3843 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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