Medium

Elevation of privilege in ASP.NET Core

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:23

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when a ASP.NET Core web application, created using vulnerable project templates, fails to properly sanitize web requests, aka 'ASP.NET Core Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
.NET (NuGet) Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.7, >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.13 2.2.7, 2.1.13

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
.NET (NuGet)
Package
Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:23

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xr8f-59pp-rxxh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices

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