Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-16942Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server improperly discloses its folder structure when rendering specific web pages. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view the folder path of scripts loaded on the page.</p> <p>To take advantage of the vulnerability, an attacker would require access to the specific SharePoint page affected by this vulnerability.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how scripts are referenced on some SharePoint pages.</p>
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 | 16.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 | 16.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 2 | 13.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1 | 15.0.0 – before publication |