Cross-site scripting in Microsoft products - CVE-2013-1289
Published: January 16, 2017 / Updated: April 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4754
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1289
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error related to the way HTML strings are sanitized by HTML Sanitization components. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted URL, trick the victim into opening it, take actions on the targeted site or read restricted content and obtain sensitive information with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to an error related to the way HTML strings are sanitized by HTML Sanitization components. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted URL, trick the victim into opening it, take actions on the targeted site or read restricted content and obtain sensitive information with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Affected software
Microsoft Office InfoPath
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Groove Server
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Groove Server
Microsoft SharePoint Server
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1289
Install update from vendor's website.