CVE-2011-1892

Microsoft SharePoint and Office Products - XML External Entity Injection in Web Parts

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-1892. PoCs published by Nicolas Gregoire.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages XML External Entity (XXE) injection to disclose arbitrary files from the server. The PoC includes an XML file with an external entity reference to 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' and an XSL file to process the XML, demonstrating file disclosure in SharePoint and DotNetNuke.

Description

Microsoft Office Groove 2007 SP2, SharePoint Workspace 2010 Gold and SP1, Office Forms Server 2007 SP2, Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2, Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1, Office Groove Data Bridge Server 2007 SP2, Office Groove Management Server 2007 SP2, Groove Server 2010 Gold and SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010, and Office Web Apps 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly handle Web Parts containing XML classes referencing external entities, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML and XSL file, aka "SharePoint Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Nicolas Gregoire · textwebappswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17873

This exploit leverages XML External Entity (XXE) injection to disclose arbitrary files from the server. The PoC includes an XML file with an external entity reference to 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' and an XSL file to process the XML, demonstrating file disclosure in SharePoint and DotNetNuke.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SharePoint 2007 / 2010, DotNetNuke < 6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target application must process XML input with external entities enabled
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8386
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12907

Scores

EPSS 0.4228
EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (11)
microsoft/forms_server 2007 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/groove 2007 sp2
microsoft/groove_data_bridge_server 2007 sp2
microsoft/groove_management_server 2007 sp2
microsoft/groove_server 2010 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office_web_apps 2010 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/sharepoint_foundation 2010
microsoft/sharepoint_server 2007 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/sharepoint_server 2010 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/sharepoint_services 3.0 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
... and 1 more
Published Sep 15, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026