CVE-2019-1261 Cross-site request forgery in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server
An attacker can perform cross-site request forgery attacks against Microsoft SharePoint users by crafting malicious pages, potentially bypassing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1261?
CVE-2019-1261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, published on 11 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when it improperly handles requests to authorize applications, resulting in cross-site request forgery (CSRF).To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to create a page specifically designed to cause a cross-site request, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Spoofing Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1259.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1261?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation, Microsoft Sharepoint Server.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-1261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server
- CVE-2019-0604 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-24955 Microsoft SharePoint Server Code Injection
- CVE-2025-49706 Microsoft SharePoint Improper Authentication
- CVE-2020-1210 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-1595 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpgg-76rc-452r.