CVE-2008-5026

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Published Nov 10, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 3.5 Low EPSS 9.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

Microsoft SharePoint uses URLs with the same hostname and port number for a web site's primary files and individual users' uploaded files (aka attachments), which allows remote authenticated users to leverage same-origin relationships and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by uploading HTML documents.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 9.4% (9.385% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0055.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0056.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0058.html
http://www.pomcor.com/whitepapers/file_sharing_security.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46590

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Sharepoint Server

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:40 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 10, 2008, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:40 AM
Reserved: Nov 10, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 10, 2008, 3:23 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

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