PT-2018-18515 · Microsoft · Sharepoint Server+1

Ashar Javed · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2018-08-06 · CVE-2018-8252

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists due to improper sanitization of specially crafted web requests. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted request, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks. This could allow the attacker to read unauthorized content, use the victim's identity to change permissions or delete content, 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-2018-8252

Affected Products

Sharepoint Server

Sharepoint Foundation

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8252 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8252 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8252 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8252 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041106 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104317 · Note