PT-2017-18417 · Microsoft · Sharepoint Server

Published 2017-07-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8569

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft SharePoint Server (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from the way Microsoft SharePoint Server sanitizes specially crafted web requests, leading to an elevation of privilege. This could allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, potentially enabling them to read unauthorized content, use the victim's identity to take actions on the SharePoint site, and inject malicious content into the user's browser.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8569

Affected Products

Sharepoint Server

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8569 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8569 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8569 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8569 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99447 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038861 · Note