---
id: CVE-2020-0618
title: >-
  A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
  Services when it incorrectly handles page requests, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server
  Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
summary: >-
  A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
  Services when it incorrectly handles page requests, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server
  Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-502
  - CWE-502
vendor: microsoft
product: sql_server
affected:
  - sql_server = 2012
  - sql_server = 2014
  - sql_server = 2016
published: '2020-02-11'
updated: '2026-08-15'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0618'
references:
  - url: >-
      http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156707/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-SSRS-ViewState-Deserialization.html
    label: secure@microsoft.com
  - url: >-
      http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159216/Microsoft-SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-2016-Remote-Code-Execution.html
    label: secure@microsoft.com
  - url: >-
      https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0618
    label: secure@microsoft.com
  - url: >-
      http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156707/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-SSRS-ViewState-Deserialization.html
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159216/Microsoft-SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-2016-Remote-Code-Execution.html
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0618
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0618
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
  - kev
  - in-the-wild
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.99022
epssPercentile: 0.9993
kev: true
kevDateAdded: '2024-09-18'
kevDueDate: '2024-10-09'
kevRansomware: true
exploited: true
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-08-15T04:24:40.489Z'
exploits:
  exploitdb: true
  github: 4
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/euphrat1ca/CVE-2020-0618'
    - 'https://github.com/wortell/cve-2020-0618'
    - 'https://github.com/itstarsec/CVE-2020-0618'
  metasploit:
    - exploit/windows/http/ssrs_navcorrector_viewstate
  nuclei:
    - CVE-2020-0618
  checkedAt: '2026-09-23T07:13:16.069Z'
---

## Overview

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services when it incorrectly handles page requests, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

## Affected

- `sql_server = 2012`
- `sql_server = 2014`
- `sql_server = 2016`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.