Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-303Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Microsoft. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2024-01-10CISA due date 2024-01-31Known ransomware use
EPSS 0.99984 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Microsoft: 2 updates
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Vendor assessments
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation More Likely
Timeline
- 2024-01-10 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29357
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2h6-v37r-r43p
References
More Microsoft Sharepoint Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42212 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-37256 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-16982 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-33671 Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-00394 Improper input validation in Microsoft SharePoint Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-40539 Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-29357 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-29357 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m2h6-v37r-r43p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-29357 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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