An information disclosure vulnerability exists where certain modes of the search function in Microsoft SharePoint Server are vulnerable to cross-site search attacks (a variant of cross-site request forgery, CSRF).
When users are simultaneously logged in to Microsoft SharePoint Server and visit a malicious web page, the attacker can, through standard browser functionality, induce the browser to invoke search queries as the logged in user. While the attacker can’t access the search results or documents as such, the attacker can determine whether the query did return results or not, and thus by issuing targeted queries discover facts about documents that are searchable for the logged-in user.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by running the search queries in a way that doesn’t expose them to this browser vulnerability.
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | An information disclosure vulnerability exists where certain modes of the search function in Microsoft SharePoint Server are vulnerable to cross-site search attacks (a variant of cross-site request forgery, CSRF).When users are simultaneously logged in to Microsoft SharePoint Server and visit a malicious web page, the attacker can, through standard browser functionality, induce the browser to invoke search queries as the logged in user, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. | An information disclosure vulnerability exists where certain modes of the search function in Microsoft SharePoint Server are vulnerable to cross-site search attacks (a variant of cross-site request forgery, CSRF). When users are simultaneously logged in to Microsoft SharePoint Server and visit a malicious web page, the attacker can, through standard browser functionality, induce the browser to invoke search queries as the logged in user. While the attacker can’t access the search results or documents as such, the attacker can determine whether the query did return results or not, and thus by issuing targeted queries discover facts about documents that are searchable for the logged-in user. The security update addresses the vulnerability by running the search queries in a way that doesn’t expose them to this browser vulnerability. |
| Title | Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability | |
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Microsoft sharepoint Foundation 2013
Microsoft sharepoint Server 2016 Microsoft sharepoint Server 2019 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation_2013:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server_2016:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Microsoft sharepoint Foundation 2013
Microsoft sharepoint Server 2016 Microsoft sharepoint Server 2019 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-19T16:34:01.958Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1103
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:14.477
Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:17.527
Link: CVE-2020-1103
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