Summary
Impact: Spoofing. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the attack complexity is low (AC:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
The attack vector is Network (AV:N) because this vulnerability is remotely exploitable and can be exploited from the internet. The attack complexity is Low (AC:L) because an attacker does not require significant prior knowledge of the system and can achieve repeatable success with the payload against the vulnerable component.
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability might be able to run their scripts in the security context of the current user by enticing the user to click on a link resulting in a cross-site scripting attack on the SharePoint Server.
I am running SharePoint Server 2016. Do the updates for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 also apply to the version I am running?
Yes. The same KB number applies to both SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. Customers running either version should install the security update to be protected from this vulnerability.
Security updates
16.0.5543.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002850
16.0.10417.20102 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002845
16.0.19725.20076 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002843
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-26105 Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26105
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss