CVE-2018-0908 Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Identity Manager
An attacker can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Identity Manager 2016.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0908?
CVE-2018-0908 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Identity Manager, published on 26 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 SP1 allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges when it does not properly sanitize a specially crafted attribute value being displayed to a user on an affected MIM 2016 server, aka "Microsoft Identity Manager XSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0908?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0908 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-2018-0908 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hmrw-vxq7-7hqj.