# CVE-2012-1860: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass search scope permissions to access sensitive data or modify data by manipulating URL parameters.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcvg-7cc2-jr3f

## What is CVE-2012-1860?

CVE-2012-1860 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Apps, published on 10 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 and SP3, SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1, and Office Web Apps 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly check permissions for search scopes, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (data modification) by changing a parameter in a search-scope URL, aka "SharePoint Search Scope Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1860?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Office Web Apps, Microsoft Sharepoint Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-1860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Apps

- [CVE-2013-1330](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1330/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-7230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7230/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-5059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5059/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2013-3895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3895/): Other in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-1859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1859/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1860 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-1860 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Apps, published on 10 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Office Web Apps. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1860/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1860/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1860
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1860
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1860

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