CVE-2020-16943
Dynamics 365 Commerce Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could update data without proper authorization.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce performs authorization checks.</p>
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dynamics 365 Commerce Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could update data without proper authorization.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce performs authorization checks.</p>
- Record
CVE-2020-16943- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8901
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could update data without proper authorization.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce performs authorization checks.</p>
- Record
EUVD-2020-8901- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cwwh-8p3m-623m
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce, aka 'Dynamics...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce, aka 'Dynamics 365 Commerce Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-cwwh-8p3m-623m- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could update data without proper authorization.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce performs authorization checks.</p>
- Record
CVE-2020-16943- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16943 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Dynamics 365, published October 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.