Improper Privilege Management in PHP-Fusion - CVE-2020-24949

 

Improper Privilege Management in PHP-Fusion - CVE-2020-24949

Published: September 3, 2020 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46669
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24949
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: PHP-Fusion
Affected software:
PHP-Fusion

Detailed vulnerability description

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).


How to mitigate CVE-2020-24949

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources