CVE-2018-8426
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not...
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
- Record
CVE-2018-8426- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
- Record
CVE-2018-8426- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20062 No score
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20062- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-87vw-7wf8-wpfx
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not...
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
- Record
GHSA-87vw-7wf8-wpfx- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8426 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Microsoft Sharepoint, published September 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.25%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.