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CVE-2024-38024

CVE-2024-38024 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

7.2

CVSS

53%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 53%. CVSS 7.2 (High).

This CVE is among the top half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38024

Paired with the previous SharePoint RCE, this 7.5-scored flaw across 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition also shows a 53 percent EPSS. The two arrived together and share the same content-server exposure, so treating them as one unit avoids leaving a farm partially patched against the same technique. The elevated exploit estimate outweighs the modest severity rating.

Do this: Patch CVE-2024-38024 together with CVE-2024-38023 across all on-prem SharePoint servers.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38024

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-38024 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38024.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38024: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.2
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 53%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 53%).

Fixed by KB5002606 and 2 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38024

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-38024. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5002606 KB5002615 KB5002618

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-38094 CVE-2024-32987 CVE-2024-38023

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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