PT-2018-1639 · Microsoft · Sharepoint Server

Ashar Javed · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8428

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue arises from Microsoft SharePoint Server's failure to properly sanitize specially crafted web requests, allowing for elevation of privilege. This could enable an authenticated attacker to send a crafted request, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks. Such attacks might allow the attacker to read unauthorized content, use the victim's identity to alter permissions or delete content 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

BDU:2018-01198

CVE-2018-8428

Affected Products

Sharepoint Server

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01198 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8428 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8428 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8428 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105209 · Note