CVE-2020-1069
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
- affected 16.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1
- affected 15.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
- affected 16.0.0 – < publication
References (3)
- Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1069 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .