Sharepoint Enterprise Server
CVE-2017-11936
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 15.00%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way web requests are handled, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 15.0%.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way web requests are handled, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". Affected products include: Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way web requests are handled, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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