CVE-2020-16952 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server, Foundation, and Server. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code within the SharePoint application pool and server farm account by uploading a specially crafted application package. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.6, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, and can lead to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit modules exist (Metasploit, Nuclei), and it has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, with government advisories urging patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.