CVE-2017-8629
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability...
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".
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
5.4
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8629- 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
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8629- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17578 No score
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-17578- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rgvr-75f6-hq78
5.4
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability...
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-rgvr-75f6-hq78- 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, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8629 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Microsoft Sharepoint Server, published September 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.