CVE-2018-8254
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8252.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8252.
- Record
CVE-2018-8254- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8252.
- Record
CVE-2018-8254- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19920 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8252.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19920- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq96-r46v-f46v
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8252.
- Record
GHSA-wq96-r46v-f46v- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2018-8254 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Microsoft Project Server, published June 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.00%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.