CVE-2017-8723 describes a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Edge across various Windows 10 and Server 2016 versions. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into loading malicious content by exploiting how Edge's Content Security Policy (CSP) validates specially crafted documents. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.3), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to a low impact on integrity (I:L), but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has received some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.