CVE-2024-38228: CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-38228 is a command injection vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (version 16.0.0). The flaw arises from improper neutralization of special elements used in system commands, enabling remote code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring high privileges but no user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected SharePoint server, potentially leading to full compromise of the system. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system could be severely impacted.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38228 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38228: CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Description
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-38228 is a command injection vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (version 16.0.0). The flaw arises from improper neutralization of special elements used in system commands, enabling remote code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring high privileges but no user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected SharePoint server, potentially leading to full compromise of the system. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system could be severely impacted.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38228 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.227Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38228","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c74b7ef31ef0b5643a0
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:48:48 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 49
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