CVE-2011-1280: Microsoft Office Infopath

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 15.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Infopath: version 2007 only; version 2010 only
• Microsoft SQL Server: version 2005 only; version 2008 only
• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express: version 2005 only
• Microsoft Visual Studio: version 2005 only; version 2008 only; version 2010 only

Published 2011-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.