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CVE-2008-5026
Microsoft SharePoint uses URLs with the same hostname and port number for a web site's primary files and individual users' uploaded files…
Low3.5EPSS 9.4%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20081106 countermeasure against attacks through HTML shared files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- sharepoint-htmldocument-xss(46590) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081106 Re: [WEB SECURITY] countermeasure against attacks through HTML shared files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.pomcor.com/whitepapers/file_sharing_security.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20081106 Re: [WEB SECURITY] countermeasure against attacks through HTML shared files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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