Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious SharePoint link or content
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DeliveryDeliver to target user
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ExploitVictim opens and interacts
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ExecutionInjected script runs in victim's session
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ImpactPerform spoofing in SharePoint 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 victim user interaction (CVSS UI:R): the target must open or interact with attacker-supplied SharePoint content or a crafted link for the injected script to execute - it is not a zero-click bug. No authentication is required of the attacker (PR:N), and the vector is network-reachable (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), so any user able to submit content to, or send a link into, a reachable SharePoint instance can attempt it. The principal limiting factor is that a signed-in victim must be socially engineered into the interaction; the exact injection point/feature is not specified in the available data and should be confirmed against the MSRC advisory. |
| Impact | The signals are mixed and warrant a nuanced read rather than a raw 9.3-driven panic. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N) shows a network, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack, but it critically requires user interaction (UI:R), which meaningfully lowers real-world exploitability compared with a zero-click bug - an attacker must lure a victim into opening or interacting with malicious content. The scope change (S:C) and C:H/I:H are on the aggressive side for an XSS whose stated impact is 'spoofing'; that impact wording implies deception/session-context abuse more than full data compromise, so Microsoft's high confidentiality/integrity ratings may overstate a purely spoofing-oriented issue - worth verifying against the MSRC advisory. There is no EPSS score, no KEV listing, and no public POC in the provided data, so exploitation is currently theoretical; that said, SharePoint's ubiquity in enterprises means a working exploit would have broad reach, and any organization running it - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in olsztyn should treat a critical SharePoint XSS as a priority to patch - should schedule the fix promptly rather than defer it. Overall: a legitimate high-priority patch item due to product prevalence and unauthenticated network vector, tempered by the user-interaction requirement and the absence of any active-exploitation or POC signal. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a SharePoint URL or content item embedding a malicious script payload and delivers it to a target user (e.g., via email or a shared link). When the authenticated victim opens it, the script executes in their SharePoint session context and performs spoofing actions - such as presenting forged trusted content or acting under the victim's identity. No public POC is identified at time of analysis, and the low attack complexity means a reliable exploit would be straightforward to weaponize if the specific injection point is disclosed. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 11, 2026
Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Office SharePoint lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker inject script that executes in a victim's browser session to conduct spoofing, provided the victim is lured into interacting with the malicious content. Microsoft rates it 9.3 (Critical) with a scope-changed vector, reflecting that injected script escapes into the victim's authenticated SharePoint context. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Apply the Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-70306; patch available per vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70306 - the exact fixed build was not included in this intelligence, so pull the specific KB/version for your SharePoint edition from the MSRC update guide. As compensating controls until patched: restrict who can submit or render untrusted content (limit anonymous/external contribution and site-creation rights), and place SharePoint behind a WAF with XSS filtering to reduce reflected-payload delivery, accepting that WAF rules can be bypassed and may block some legitimate rich content. A strict Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline script for the SharePoint origin materially reduces XSS impact but can break custom web parts and scripts, so test before enforcing. Educate users not to follow untrusted SharePoint links, since exploitation requires victim interaction (UI:R).
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is a CWE-79 improper neutralization of user input during web page generation, the classic cross-site scripting root cause: SharePoint renders attacker-influenced input into a page without sufficient encoding/sanitization, so the input is parsed as active script by the victim's browser. The affected technology is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, a widely deployed collaboration and document-management web application where content, list items, and page components are frequently user-supplied, giving XSS a large surface. Because SharePoint pages run in an authenticated, single-sign-on context, script executing in that origin can act on behalf of the signed-in user. No CPE strings were supplied in the intelligence, so the exact SharePoint Server edition/build cannot be pinned from this data alone.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Unauthenticated network XSS needing victim interaction (UI:R) with browser-context scope change (S:C); impact assessed Low as the stated effect is spoofing, not full data compromise.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Executive ViewAI
Microsoft Office SharePoint contains a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-70306, CVSS 9.3) allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute within authenticated user sessions, creating risk of credential theft, data exfiltration, and account impersonation. With no patch currently available and exploitation requiring only victim interaction, organizations relying on SharePoint for collaboration face immediate operational risk. Urgent mitigation and user awareness measures are required to prevent successful attacks.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: enforce multi-factor authentication for all SharePoint users; implement strict content security policies (CSP) headers on SharePoint sites where configurable; restrict external sharing and disable unnecessary collaboration features; conduct security awareness training targeting social engineering and phishing; deploy user-behavior analytics to detect suspicious scripts or unauthorized file access; maintain real-time monitoring of SharePoint audit logs for exploitation indicators; consider temporary restriction of SharePoint access to managed devices only pending patch availability.
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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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