Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as authorized SharePoint user
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DeliveryInject XSS payload into web page content
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ExploitVictim opens crafted SharePoint page
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ExecutionScript executes in victim browser
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ImpactSpoof trusted content or session context
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to be an authenticated, authorized SharePoint user (PR:L) able to submit content that SharePoint renders into a web page without proper neutralization, and it additionally requires a victim user to view the attacker-controlled content (UI:R) for the injected script to execute. These two factors - valid authentication to the SharePoint instance plus required victim interaction - are the primary limiters on exploitation. Affected scope per EUVD is Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition 16.0.0 before 16.0.20326.20190; patched builds are not exploitable. Impact is constrained to Low confidentiality and Low integrity (spoofing) with no availability impact, and the unchanged scope (S:U) indicates the effect stays within the vulnerable component's security authority. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 4.6) cross-site scripting (CWE-79) spoofing issue in Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) is internally consistent and points to realistically limited risk: although the attack vector is network-based with low complexity, it requires BOTH prior authentication (PR:L - an authorized SharePoint user) AND victim user interaction (UI:R), with only Low confidentiality and Low integrity impact and no availability impact. No EPSS score, SSVC decision data, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the input. Exploitation status is therefore: no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and this CVE is not present in CISA KEV. The combination of required authentication, required user interaction, and low technical impact means this is a genuine but low-priority issue rather than an urgent one - it should be remediated via normal patch cycles, prioritized higher in environments where many semi-trusted users can author SharePoint content. No conflicting signals were found between the CVSS vector and the description (both indicate network-reachable, authorized-attacker exploitation). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated SharePoint user with content-authoring privileges injects a malicious script payload into a field or page that is improperly neutralized during web page generation. When another user views the crafted content, the script executes in their browser session, enabling spoofing of trusted UI or content. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and both authentication and victim interaction are required. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Cross-site scripting (spoofing) in Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition lets an authenticated, authorized user submit crafted content that SharePoint renders without proper neutralization, causing attacker-controlled script to execute in a victim's browser session when that victim views the content. The assessed vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) shows the two gating factors are valid authentication to the SharePoint instance and required victim interaction, with impact confined to low confidentiality and low integrity and no availability effect. The issue carries a CVSS base score of 4.6 and affects Subscription Edition builds before 16.0.20326.20190; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available.
RemediationAI
Apply the Microsoft security update referenced in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102864, which brings SharePoint Server Subscription Edition to build 16.0.20326.20190 or later, the boundary above which the issue is resolved per EUVD; patch status is 'Vendor-released patch' and no separate workaround was published. Until patching completes, reduce exposure by enforcing least privilege on content authoring - restrict who can create lists, pages, web parts and site collections, and remove authoring rights from accounts that do not need them (trade-off: reduced collaboration surface and more administrative overhead). A strict Content Security Policy on the SharePoint front end can blunt script execution even when neutralization fails, but it may break custom web parts, legacy inline scripts and third-party add-ins, so test it in a staging farm first. Ensure Microsoft Defender for SharePoint or equivalent scanning is active and that output encoding is reviewed in any custom-developed SharePoint web parts or layouts, since custom code often bypasses platform-level fixes. These compensating controls limit blast radius but do not eliminate the flaw, so completing the vendor update remains the primary remediation.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, in which SharePoint fails to correctly HTML-encode or sanitize attacker-supplied content before embedding it into a rendered page. SharePoint is a collaboration platform where authenticated users routinely author rich content through lists, pages, discussion items, web parts and rich-text fields; when any of those rendering paths trust the stored input instead of escaping it, injected markup and script execute in the context of the SharePoint origin. The CVSS vector confirms a network-reachable attack (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) that requires the attacker to hold a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L) and the victim to interact with the poisoned page (UI:R). The unchanged scope (S:U) and low confidentiality/integrity ratings indicate the script's effect remains inside the vulnerable component's own security authority rather than escalating to host or farm compromise, which is consistent with a spoofing-class XSS rather than a remote code execution flaw. No CPE strings were supplied, so the authoritative affected boundary is the EUVD-tracked Subscription Edition build line.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable XSS by an authenticated content author (PR:L) requiring a victim to view the payload (UI:R), yielding low confidentiality/integrity spoofing impact and no availability loss.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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