CVE-2017-8569 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server, stemming from improper sanitization of web requests, leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and a FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), nor are there public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules available. However, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.