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CVE-2011-1280

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The XML Editor in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and 2010; SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SP4 and 2008 SP1, SP2, and R2; SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) 2005; and Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010 does not properly handle external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted .disco (Web Service Discovery) file, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Infopath: 2007-sp2, 2010
• Microsoft SQL Server: 2005-sp3, 2005-sp4, 2008-r2, 2008-sp1, 2008-sp2
• Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio Express: 2005
• Microsoft Visual Studio: 2005-sp1, 2008-sp1, 2010

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/44912
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48196
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025646
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025647
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025648
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-049
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12664
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44912
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48196
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025646
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025647
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025648

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