CVE-2018-8168

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 SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8149, CVE-2018-8155, CVE-2018-8156.

• CWE-79

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104067Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040856Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8168Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104067Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040856Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8168Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

May 9, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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