CVE-2018-8488

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8480, CVE-2018-8498, CVE-2018-8518.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 10, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-8488: Medium severity, CVSS 5.4 | Vulnix