Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server cross site scripting
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server, SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-0933. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server, SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server (Groupware Software) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka 'Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0923, CVE-2020-0924, CVE-2020-0925, CVE-2020-0926, CVE-2020-0927, CVE-2020-0930, CVE-2020-0954, CVE-2020-0973, CVE-2020-0978.
The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-0933. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:
A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/04/2019 🔍04/14/2020 🔍
04/14/2020 🔍
04/15/2020 🔍
05/09/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-0933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-0933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-153222
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Entry
Created: 04/15/2020 09:54Updated: 05/09/2025 01:25
Changes: 04/15/2020 09:54 (42), 04/15/2020 09:59 (17), 05/19/2024 14:22 (18), 02/28/2025 23:03 (1), 05/09/2025 01:25 (3)
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