Description
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted payload and sending it to the user.
The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform actions and run scripts in the security context of the user.
This security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Power BI Report Server properly validates content-type of the attachments when uploading and opening.
Published: 2020-05-21
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12054 A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments, aka 'Microsoft Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability'.
History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments, aka 'Microsoft Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability'. A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted payload and sending it to the user. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform actions and run scripts in the security context of the user. This security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Power BI Report Server properly validates content-type of the attachments when uploading and opening.
Title Microsoft Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:power_bi_report_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References

Subscriptions

Microsoft Power Bi Report Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:34:15.386Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1173

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:17.960

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:28.987

Link: CVE-2020-1173

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation