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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2012-2520 Detail

Description

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."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2520
NVD Published Date:
10/09/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation