CVE-2018-8168 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server. It arises from improper sanitization of specially crafted web requests, allowing an authenticated attacker to potentially gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and a low-privileged account, but could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no public exploit code available, it is not in the KEV catalog, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.