CVE-2017-8551

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint software fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted requests, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS vulnerability".

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft SharePoint	Microsoft Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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