CVE-2025-29793: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.2)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Remote Code Execution
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
More Likely
Patch Tuesday
2025-Apr
Released
2025-04-08
Last Updated
2025-04-15
EPSS Score
21.93% (percentile: 95.8%)

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the attack complexity is low (AC:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attack vector is Network (AV:N) because this vulnerability is remotely exploitable and can be exploited from the internet. The attack complexity is Low (AC:L) because an attacker does not require significant prior knowledge of the system and can achieve repeatable success with the payload against the vulnerable component. According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is high (PR:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An authenticated attacker with Site Owner permissions can use the vulnerability to inject arbitrary code and execute this code in the context of SharePoint Server. How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In a network-based attack, an attacker authenticated as at least a Site Owner, could write arbitrary code to inject and execute code remotely on the SharePoint Server. Is the updates for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (KB5002692) currently available? Yes. As of April 15, 2025, the security update (KB5002692) for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 is available. Customers running SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 should ensure the update is installed to be protected from this vulnerability.

Affected Products (3)

Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

Security Updates (3)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://github.com/zcgonvh">zcgonvh</a>

Revision History

  • 2025-04-08: Information published.
  • 2025-04-10: Revised CVE to inform customers that security update 5002692 is temporarily unavailable following some reports that the update can't be installed. We are currently investigating the issue and will notify customers via a revision to this CVE information when the issue is resolved.
  • 2025-04-15: The security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (KB5002692) is now available. See the Security Updates table for more information.