What is CVE-2020-1454?

CVE-2020-1454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-1454?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server

CVE-2020-1454

This vulnerability is caused when SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server.An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Reflective XSS Vulnerability'.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server — versions 2016
Microsoft Sharepoint Server — versions 2019
Microsoft Sharepoint_enterprise_server — versions 2016
Microsoft Sharepoint_server — versions 2019

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1454?: CVE-2020-1454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-1454?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.