What is CVE-2018-0908?

CVE-2018-0908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Identity Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-0908?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Microsoft Identity Manager

CVE-2018-0908

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 SP1 allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges when it does not properly sanitize a specially crafted attribute value being displayed to a user on an affected MIM 2016 server, aka "Microsoft Identity Manager XSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-02-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Identity Manager — versions 2016
Microsoft Corporation Identity Manager — versions Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 SP1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/103112 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0908 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0908?: CVE-2018-0908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Identity Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-0908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.