CVE-2020-10146
Microsoft Teams displayName stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the displayName parameter that can be exploited on Teams clients to obtain sensitive information such as authentication tokens and to possibly execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability was fixed for all Teams users in the online service on or around October 2020.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Teams displayName stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the displayName parameter that can be exploited on Teams clients to obtain sensitive information such as authentication tokens and to possibly execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability was fixed for all Teams users in the online service on or around October 2020.
- Record
CVE-2020-10146- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2609
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the displayName parameter that can be exploited on Teams clients to obtain sensitive information such as authentication tokens and to possibly execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability was fixed for all Teams users in the online service on or around October 2020.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2609- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jq9-gwrr-4cqw No score
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the...
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the displayName parameter that can be exploited on Teams clients to obtain sensitive information such as authentication tokens and to possibly execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability was fixed for all Teams users in the online service on or around October 2020.
- Record
GHSA-8jq9-gwrr-4cqw- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Microsoft Teams online service contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the displayName parameter that can be exploited on Teams clients to obtain sensitive information such as authentication tokens and to possibly execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability was fixed for all Teams users in the online service on or around October 2020.
- Record
CVE-2020-10146- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-10146 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Microsoft Teams, published December 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.32%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.