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CVE-2017-8551

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint software fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted requests, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Project Server: 2013-sp1
• Microsoft Corporation SharePoint: Microsoft Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551

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