CVE-2019-1259 Cross-site request forgery in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can perform cross-site request forgery attacks against Microsoft SharePoint users by crafting malicious pages, potentially bypassing authorization checks.

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-2019-1259?

CVE-2019-1259 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation, published on 11 Sep 2019. 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

A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when it improperly handles requests to authorize applications, resulting in cross-site request forgery (CSRF).To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to create a page specifically designed to cause a cross-site request, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Spoofing Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1261.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1259?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1259?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1259 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1259 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hcqx-rg27-pcqw.

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