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    CVE-2012-2520

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Communicator 2007 R2, Lync 2010 and 2010 Attendee, SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Groove Server 2010 SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string, aka "HTML Sanitization Vulnerability."

    Published:Oct 9, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 9, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.2805
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Groove Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Infopath
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Lync
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Communicator
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Web Apps
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Sharepoint Foundation
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Sharepoint Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Sharepoint Services

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2013-0006 (CVSS 8.8) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 does not properly parse XML content, which allows re…
    CVE-2013-0007 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 does not properly parse XML content, which allows re…
    CVE-2012-1889 (CVSS 8.8) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows remot…
    CVE-2011-1892 (CVSS 4) — Microsoft Office Groove 2007 SP2, SharePoint Workspace 2010 Gold and SP1, Office Forms Server 2007 SP2, Office…
    CVE-2010-3324 (CVSS 4.3) — The toStaticHTML function in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, and the SafeHTML function in Microsoft Windows Sha…

    References

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High