CVE-2020-1523

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score
1.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Published: September 11, 2020 (2071 days ago)
Last Modified: February 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft

Description

<p>A tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server fails to properly handle profile data. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could modify a targeted user's profile data.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to be authenticated on an affected SharePoint Server. The attacker would then need to send a specially modified request to the server, targeting a specific user.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles profile data.</p>

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft sharepoint server

References