CVE-2020-0618A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services when it incorrectly handles page requests, aka…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 18 Sept 2024
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services when it incorrectly handles page requests, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 18 Sept 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 9 Oct 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 18 Sept 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) ViewState Deserialization (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/ssrs_navcorrector_viewstateRank excellentdisclosed 11 Feb 2020
Nuclei templates1 template
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-0618.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48816remote, windowspublished 17 Sept 2020Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server
- affected 2012 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 4 (QFE)
- affected 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 4 (QFE)
- affected 2016 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (CU)
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 for x64-based Systems (CU)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (GDR)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 for 32-bit Systems (GDR)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 for 32-bit Systems (CU)
- affected unspecified
References
References4
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0618 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156707/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-SSRS-ViewState-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159216/Microsoft-SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-2016-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0618 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-2113 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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