# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmrw-vxq7-7hqj

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0908?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2018-0908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0908 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Identity Manager. 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-2018-0908/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0908/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0908
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0908
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0908

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