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Unscored CVE-2020-1069 EUVD-2020-11960GHSA-hgfm-gjhm-cx48

Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published May 21, 2020 · Updated Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted page to perform actions in the security context of the SharePoint application pool process.
To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must create and invoke a specially crafted page on an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles processing of created content.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 16.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1 15.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 16.0.0 – < publication publication

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