Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-37961

Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server 2013 … 2016

High EPSS
Published
13 September 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.50 99th percentile
Risk Priority 80 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2022-37961 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2022-37961 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and no user interaction needed, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An attacker with low-privileged access to a SharePoint deployment can exploit the flaw over the network to execute arbitrary code on the server, achieving full compromise of the affected system without requiring user interaction.

Microsoft has published official guidance for the vulnerability in its Security Response Center update guide at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37961, which addresses patching and mitigation steps for supported SharePoint Server versions.

The associated EPSS score stands at 0.3303 with no material increase from its peak value.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Remote code execution vulnerability in SharePoint Server directly enables exploitation of a public-facing application.
attack.mitre.org →
T1213.002 Sharepoint Collectionconfidence: HIGH
Vulnerability in SharePoint allows an attacker to execute code and access data stored in SharePoint repositories.
attack.mitre.org →
inferred from description · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

microsoft
sharepoint enterprise server
2013, 2016
microsoft
sharepoint foundation
2013
microsoft
sharepoint server
2019, all versions

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly requires timely installation of Microsoft patches that remediate the SharePoint RCE flaw before exploitation.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Limits the initial low-privileged SharePoint access an attacker needs to reach the vulnerable code path.

SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity partial match
detect

Detects unauthorized code or integrity violations resulting from successful exploitation of the SharePoint flaw.

References