Important EPSS 0.04526 2019-09 archive

Executive Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when a ASP.NET Core web application, created using vulnerable project templates, fails to properly sanitize web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform content injection attacks and run script in the security context of the logged-on user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted email, containing a malicious link, to a user. Alternatively, an attacker could use a chat client to social engineer a user into clicking the malicious link. However, in all cases to exploit this vulnerability a user must click a maliciously crafted link from an attacker. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the ASP.NET Core project templates.

Overview

Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
Category Elevation of Privilege
Released Sep 10 2019
Last Updated Sep 10 2019
Publicly Disclosed No
CISA KEV Not Listed
Known Exploits None Known
EPSS Score 0.04526 — 0.90315 percentile

EPSS Score

0.04526
probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.90315 percentile - updated 2026-06-20
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Affected Products

3 affected products
Product KB Article Severity Impact Restart Required
ASP.NET Core 2.1 Release Notes (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Maybe
ASP.NET Core 2.2 Release Notes (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Maybe
ASP.NET Core 3.0 Release Notes (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Maybe

Patches

1 patch
Article Type Restart
Release Notes Security Update Maybe

Known Exploits

Acknowledgments