CVE-2020-1442
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a...
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka 'Office Web Apps XSS 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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka 'Office Web Apps XSS Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1442- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka 'Office Web Apps XSS Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1442- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12317 No score
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka 'Office Web Apps XSS Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12317- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c2p-9hhc-8hc8 No score
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a...
A spoofing vulnerability exists when an Office Web Apps server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka 'Office Web Apps XSS Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-6c2p-9hhc-8hc8- 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-2020-1442 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Microsoft Office Web Apps, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.73%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.