Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007

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Advisory ID:	HTB22350
Product:	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007
Vendor:	Microsoft Corporation
Vulnerable Versions:	12.0.0.6421 and probably prior
Tested Version:	12.0.0.6421
Advisory Publication:	April 12, 2010 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:	April 12, 2010
Public Disclosure:	April 28, 2010
Vulnerability Type:	Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference:	CVE-2010-0817
Risk Level:	Medium

CVSSv2 Base Score:	4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Solution Status:	Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided:	High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Advisory Details:
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks. 1) Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: CVE-2010-0817 An input sanitation error was found in the "cid0" parameter in /_layouts/help.aspx. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website. Exploitation example: http://host/_layouts/help.aspx?cid0=MS.WSS.manifest.xml%00%3Cscript%3Ealert% 28%27XSS%27%29%3C/script%3E&tid=X
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Install the MS10-039 patch. More information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/983438 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-039

References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22350 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22350 - XSS in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. [2] SharePoint - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/ - SharePoint collaboration software helps simplify business intelligence, content management, search, and sharing for intranet and internet sites. [3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. [4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.

Previous Security Advisories with CWE-79:

HTB22348: Multiple vulnerabilities in Zikula Application Framework

HTB22346: Multiple vulnerabilities in AdaptCMS Lite

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