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CVE-2018-8426

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8426 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, 2013, and 2016. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser by crafting a special web request, leading to potential information disclosure and limited integrity impact. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has received some community and media attention. Organizations should ensure their SharePoint installations are patched to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server_2013:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server_2010:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0225 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Sep/CVE-2018-8426Important

Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability

Sep 11, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8426
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105208
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041640
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry