CVE-2018-0940
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3...
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 20, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 18, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 19, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 7, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how links in the body of an email message are rewritten, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 20, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 18, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 19, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 7, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how links in the body of an email message are rewritten, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2018-0940- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 20, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 18, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 19, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 7, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how links in the body of an email message are rewritten, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2018-0940- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-1723 No score
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 20, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 18, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 19, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 7, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how links in the body of an email message are rewritten, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2018-1723- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-272p-x79f-r2pc
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3...
Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 20, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 18, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 19, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 7, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how links in the body of an email message are rewritten, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-272p-x79f-r2pc- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-0940 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Exchange Server, published March 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.28%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.