An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server improperly discloses its folder structure when rendering specific web pages. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view the folder path of scripts loaded on the page.
To take advantage of the vulnerability, an attacker would require access to the specific SharePoint page affected by this vulnerability.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how scripts are referenced on some SharePoint pages.
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16941? It affects 3 products. Products: Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation, Microsoft Sharepoint Server. ## How do I fix CVE-2020-16941? No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. ## Is CVE-2020-16941 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16941 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server - [CVE-2019-0604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0604/): Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2023-24955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24955/): Microsoft SharePoint Server Code Injection (high 7.2, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2025-49706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49706/): Microsoft SharePoint Improper Authentication (medium 6.5, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2020-1210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1210/): Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.9) - [CVE-2020-1595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1595/): Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.9) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16941 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2020-16941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server, published on 16 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16941 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16941/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16941/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16941 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16941 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16941 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16941/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.