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CVE-2025-53770

Microsoft SharePoint Server · Collaboration, telephony and video conferencing

Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

At a glance

Exploited. Added to CISA’s catalog of exploited vulnerabilities on July 20, 2025.

Used in ransomware attacks, according to CISA.

Affected product: Microsoft SharePoint Server (category Collaboration, telephony and video conferencing, indicative classification). Name in CISA’s catalog: Microsoft SharePoint.

Microsoft component: SharePoint (Messaging and collaboration).

What should I do?

CISA has issued specific instructions for this vulnerability: read the original text and the NVD entry.

Deadline set by CISA for US federal agencies: 1 day (due July 21, 2025). It only binds those agencies, but it is a useful measure of urgency.

Original text of the required action (CISA)

Disconnect public-facing versions of SharePoint Server that have reached their end-of-life (EOL) or end-of-service (EOS) to include SharePoint Server 2013 and earlier versions. For supported versions, please follow the mitigations according to CISA (URL listed below in Notes) and vendor instructions (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.

Timeline

  1. Vulnerability published Publication date (NVD)
  2. Exploitation confirmed Added to CISA’s KEV catalog
  3. CISA deadline Remediation deadline set for US federal agencies

The facts, with their sources

Exploitation confirmed
Yes, on July 20, 2025 Date added to the catalog of exploited vulnerabilities. Exploitation itself may have started earlier. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Ransomware
Known use Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Hunt for compromise
Not requested by CISA Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CISA required action
CISA has issued specific instructions for this vulnerability: read the original text and the NVD entry. Rewritten by this site from CISA’s original text. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CISA deadline
July 21, 2025, 1 day Set for US federal agencies: a measure of urgency, not an obligation elsewhere. Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Microsoft patch
Not available Source: Security Update Guide, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
Vulnerability published
July 20, 2025 Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 15:00 UTC
Product according to CISA
Microsoft SharePoint Filed by this site under “Collaboration, telephony and video conferencing” (indicative classification). Source: KEV catalog, collected September 29, 2026 at 14:57 UTC
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Technical detail of the score: attack vector, complexity, impact. Source: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), collected September 29, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Severity and activity

9.8 / 10 CVSS severity: critical

Score from the vendor or CISA, relayed by the NVD. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

— Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

FIRST’s EPSS model. Since exploitation is already confirmed, this figure is mostly useful to compare activity. Collected Sep 29, 2026.

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in on-premises Microsoft SharePoint Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. Microsoft is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-53770 exists in the wild. Microsoft is preparing and fully testing a comprehensive update to address this vulnerability. In the meantime, please make sure that the mitigation provided in this CVE documentation is in place so that you are protected from exploitation.

Official description from the NVD, collected Sep 29, 2026. CVE® description © The MITRE Corporation.

Microsoft SharePoint Server on-premises contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-53771. CVE-2025-53770 is a patch bypass for CVE-2025-49704, and the updates for CVE-2025-53770 include more robust protection than those for CVE-2025-49704.

Summary from CISA (KEV catalog).

CERT-FR advisories

  • CERTFR-2025-ALE-010: [MàJ] Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft SharePoint (updated August 26, 2025)

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