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CVE-2025-49701

CVE-2025-49701 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). 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.

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Microsoft rates it Important. CVSS 8.8 (High). Fixed by 3 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

High

8.8

CVSS v3

1.3%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.3%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 25% 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.

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed as of 2026-11-04: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 1%.

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: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

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

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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 daily (early morning US Central)):
- CVE-2025-49701: Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft rating Important, CVSS 8.8 (High)
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 1.3%
- 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.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-49701

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. 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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