CVE-2020-1460
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted page to perform actions in the security context of the SharePoint application pool process.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must create and invoke a specially crafted page on an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles processing of created content.</p>
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted page to perform actions in the security context of the SharePoint application pool process.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must create and invoke a specially crafted page on an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles processing of created content.</p>
- Record
CVE-2020-1460- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12335
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted page to perform actions in the security context of the SharePoint application pool process.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must create and invoke a specially crafted page on an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles processing of created content.</p>
- Record
EUVD-2020-12335- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6v8-9xmp-8q7p
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-g6v8-9xmp-8q7p- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted page to perform actions in the security context of the SharePoint application pool process.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must create and invoke a specially crafted page on an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles processing of created content.</p>
- Record
CVE-2020-1460- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft sharepoint server
- microsoft sharepoint enterprise server 2013 service pack 1
- microsoft sharepoint enterprise server 2016
- microsoft sharepoint foundation 2010 service pack 2
- microsoft sharepoint foundation 2013 service pack 1
- microsoft sharepoint server 2019
- microsoft sharepoint enterprise server
- microsoft sharepoint foundation
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-2020-1460 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Microsoft Sharepoint Server, published September 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.70%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.