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high 8.8

CVE-2020-13448 in the critical feed json

QuickBox Community Edition through 2.5.5 and Pro Edition through 2.1.8 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute code on the serve…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-5701

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.4%
EPSS 17.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

QuickBox Community Edition through 2.5.5 and Pro Edition through 2.1.8 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute code on the server via command injection in the servicestart parameter.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-48536)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48536 QuickBox Pro 2.1.8 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution webapps, 2020-06-01
  • s1gh.sh https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-13448-quickbox-authenticated-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157898/QuickBox-Pro-2.1.8-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.