VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-1280

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 15.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The XML Editor in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and 2010; SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SP4 and 2008 SP1, SP2, and R2; SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) 2005; and Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010 does not properly handle external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted .disco (Web Service Discovery) file, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 15.25% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: microsoft/office infopath · microsoft/sql server · microsoft/sql server management studio express · microsoft/visual studio
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 15.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.