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CVE-2018-8252

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8254.

Affected products

• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1: 2013-sp1
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2016
• Microsoft Corporation SharePoint: Enterprise Server 2016, Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104317
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041106
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8252
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104317
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041106
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8252

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