Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This vulnerability could let a highly privileged attacker make malicious content appear trusted in an affected Power BI Report Server. A user must interact with that content. Successful exploitation could expose sensitive information and make limited unauthorized changes, but the supplied evidence indicates no availability impact.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation in the normal security-update cycle, accelerating internet-facing or sensitive-data deployments. The issue is not evidenced as actively exploited, but its potential confidentiality impact warrants timely ownership, patch verification, and temporary access restrictions.
Technical view
CVE-2024-43612 is a network-accessible spoofing issue categorized as CWE-79. CVSS 3.1 scores it 6.9: low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required, and changed scope. The assessed impact is high confidentiality loss, low integrity loss, and no availability loss.
Likely exposure
Exposure is indicated for Microsoft Power BI Report Server - May 2024, version 15.0.0. Risk is greatest where the server is network reachable, privileged accounts can introduce affected content, and other users may interact with it. The supplied bundle does not identify additional affected or fixed versions.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, and the supplied sources provide no evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires high privileges and user interaction, which reduces likelihood, while network reachability, low attack complexity, changed scope, and possible high confidentiality impact increase consequence.
Researcher notes
The supplied record provides severity metrics, CWE-79 classification, one affected version, and a vendor patch reference, but no detailed attack scenario, fixed build numbers, indicators, or observed exploitation. Validate product scope and remediation details directly against Microsoft guidance without extrapolating to other Power BI products or versions.
Mitigation direction
- Review the Microsoft advisory and apply its approved security update for affected Power BI Report Server installations.
- Restrict server access and privileged accounts until remediation is confirmed.
- Limit untrusted content handling and warn users against interacting with unexpected report content.
- Follow Microsoft guidance for any product-specific mitigations not included in the supplied bundle.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Power BI Report Server deployments and identify May 2024 version 15.0.0 installations.
- Compare installed build and update status against the Microsoft advisory.
- Confirm privileged access is limited to authorized administrators and publishers.
- Review relevant server and security logs for suspicious content or unexpected user interactions.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.9 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C1.74.7microsoftVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Power BI Report Server Spoofing VulnerabilityCVE reference, microsoft · vendor-advisory, patch
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.