CVE-2020-1595 json
Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
published 2020-09-11 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-12466
- cvss
- 9.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.0%
- EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint where APIs aren't properly protected from unsafe data input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SharePoint application pool and the SharePoint server farm account.</p> <p>Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user access a susceptible API on an affected version of SharePoint with specially-formatted input.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how SharePoint handles deserialization of untrusted data.</p>
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
- Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
- Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check
References
-
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1595
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-1595
- NVD CVE-2020-1595
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