CVE-2018-8572 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation. It allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges by sending a specially crafted web request that is not properly sanitized. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no public exploit code available, it is not known to be actively exploited, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| 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: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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