CVE-2026-32196: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Windows Admin Center allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32196) in Microsoft Windows Admin Center version 1809.0 is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient input sanitization, leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that can enable spoofing. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, indicating medium severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform spoofing attacks over a network, potentially misleading users or systems interacting with the Windows Admin Center interface. The confidentiality and integrity impacts are limited (partial), and 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. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32196 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-32196: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Description
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Windows Admin Center allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.1medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32196) in Microsoft Windows Admin Center version 1809.0 is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient input sanitization, leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that can enable spoofing. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, indicating medium severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform spoofing attacks over a network, potentially misleading users or systems interacting with the Windows Admin Center interface. The confidentiality and integrity impacts are limited (partial), and 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. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32196 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-11T00:26:53.427Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32196","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3482d89c981fd6bcd9
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 17:09:58 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 119
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