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Researchers Disclose AI-Assisted SharePoint Exploit Chain Reaching Unauthenticated RCE

Security researchers found a way to enter Microsoft SharePoint servers as any user, including an administrator, with no valid account. A significant part of the work that found it was done through an AI agent.

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Security researchers discovered a method that allows attackers to access Microsoft SharePoint servers as any user, including administrators, without a valid account. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote code execution. A substantial portion of the research was conducted using an AI agent to identify and exploit the flaw. The findings highlight a critical security gap in SharePoint’s authentication handling.

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