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CVE-2018-8156 json

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-19827

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Project Server. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8149, CVE-2018-8155, CVE-2018-8168.

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Exploit prediction

2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Microsoft Project Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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