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CVE-2012-2520

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."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-2520 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 8 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft and 5 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-10-09T21:55:02.643

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	groove_server	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	infopath	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	infopath	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	lync	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	lync	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	office_communicator	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	office_web_apps	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	sharepoint_foundation	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	sharepoint_server	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	sharepoint_server	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	sharepoint_server	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	sharepoint_services	3.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For microsoft's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.