CVE-2018-8488

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-10 · 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-2018-8480, CVE-2018-8498, CVE-2018-8518.

Affected products

Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2013-sp1, 2016

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105494
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8488
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105494
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8488

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