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CVE-2025-49701

CVE-2025-49701 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 100%. 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

8.8

CVSS

100%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 100%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-49701

CVE-2025-49701 is a remote code execution flaw in on-premises SharePoint (Enterprise Server 2016, Server 2019, and Subscription Edition) rated High severity at CVSS 8.8. The EPSS exploit probability sits at 100 percent, meaning working exploit activity is essentially certain even though it is not yet listed in CISA KEV or tied to ransomware. Anyone running an internet-reachable SharePoint farm is exposed to attacker-run code with the authenticated privileges the vulnerability allows.

Do this: Apply the current Microsoft SharePoint security update to your 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition farms now, prioritizing any externally accessible servers.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-24. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-49701

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-2025-49701 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-49701.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-49701: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 100%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002741, KB5002744, KB5002751
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 100%).

Fixed by KB5002741 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-2025-49701

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002741, KB5002744, KB5002751 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-2025-49701. 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.

KB5002741 KB5002744 KB5002751

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-49704 CVE-2025-49706 CVE-2025-49703

Authoritative references

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

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