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CVE-2025-21393: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-21393cvecve-2025-21393cwe-79
Published: 01/14/2025 (01/14/2025, 18:04:12 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

Description

Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability

CVSS v3.1

Score 6.3medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Affected software

Affected versions
16.0.0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/10/2026, 10:00:29 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21393) in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 is classified as CWE-79, indicating improper neutralization of input during web page generation, commonly known as cross-site scripting (XSS). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.3 (medium severity) with network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and user interaction. The impact includes high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact, with no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability, and the vendor advisory is available at the Microsoft Security Response Center.

Potential Impact

An attacker with low privileges and requiring user interaction could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious scripts in the context of the affected SharePoint server, potentially leading to disclosure of sensitive information (high confidentiality impact) and limited integrity impact. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update as detailed in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21393. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
microsoft
Date Reserved
2024-12-11T00:29:48.374Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
official-fix
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21393","vendor":"Microsoft"}]

Threat ID: 68c0bd549ed239a66badec60

Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:44 UTC

Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 10:00:29 UTC

Last updated: 07/07/2026, 22:28:16 UTC

Views: 208

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