CVE-2017-8551
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.033 · 88 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.26% (88th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint software fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted requests, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS vulnerability".
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Microsoft Corporation Microsoft SharePoint≤ Microsoft Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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