CVE-2017-0255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".

Published: 2017-05-12

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 SP1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0612	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01682.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98107
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0255

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-05-12T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:55:19.277Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0255

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-12T14:29:04.113

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:57:20.957

Link: CVE-2017-0255

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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