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CVE-2018-8518

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8518 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server, stemming from improper sanitization of specially crafted web requests. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) can be exploited remotely with low privileges and user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Oct/CVE-2018-8518Important

Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Oct 9, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8518
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105496
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041835
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry