OS Command Injection in SpamTitan - CVE-2020-11698
Published: September 17, 2020 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49240
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11698
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation of the parameter community on the page snmp-x.php. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and inject commands into the file snmpd.conf that would allow executing commands on the target server.
Note, exploitation of vulnerability for version 7.03 requires authentication. Other affected versions allow unauthenticated command execution.
Affected software
SpamTitan
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11698
Install updates from vendor's website.
SpamTitan - update to 7.08