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CVE-2020-1178

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted authentication request to an affected SharePoint server, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2010-sp2, 2019
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2016, 2013 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2010 Service Pack 2, 2019

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1178
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1178

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