A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted payload and sending it to the user.
The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform actions and run scripts in the security context of the user.
This security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Power BI Report Server properly validates content-type of the attachments when uploading and opening.
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| Description | A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments, aka 'Microsoft Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability'. | A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Power BI Report Server in the way it validates the content-type of uploaded attachments. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted payload and sending it to the user. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform actions and run scripts in the security context of the user. This security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Power BI Report Server properly validates content-type of the attachments when uploading and opening. |
| Title | Microsoft Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:power_bi_report_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-05-21T22:53:30.000Z
Updated: 2026-08-19T16:34:15.386Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1173
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:17.960
Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:28.987
Link: CVE-2020-1173
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