CVE-2020-16952

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-16952. PoCs published by mr_me, wvu, including Metasploit module exploits/windows/http/sharepoint_ssi_viewstate. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2020-16952, a server-side include (SSI) vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to leak the web.config file and forge a malicious ViewState for remote code execution. It requires authentication and targets specific SharePoint versions.

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when the software fails to check the source markup of an application package. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SharePoint application pool and the SharePoint server farm account.</p> <p>Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user uploads a specially crafted SharePoint application package to an affected version of SharePoint.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how SharePoint checks the source markup of application packages.</p>