PT-2018-2046 · Microsoft · Sharepoint Server

Ashar Javed · Published 2018-10-09 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8498

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 Enterprise Server (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Microsoft SharePoint Server, allowing a remote attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted request. This could enable the attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, 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-264

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01662

CVE-2018-8498

Affected Products

Sharepoint Server

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8498 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8498 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8498 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01662 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105495 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041835 · Note