Improper Privilege Management in PHP-Fusion - CVE-2020-24949
Published: September 3, 2020 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46669
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24949
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
Affected software
PHP-Fusion
How to mitigate CVE-2020-24949
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP-Fusion - update to 9.03.80