CVE-2017-8745 Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Office

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in SharePoint Foundation via crafted web requests, leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-8745?

CVE-2017-8745 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation, published on 13 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1 when it does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability".

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8745?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8745?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8745 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-8745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fc4c-64hj-vm5r.

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