An arbitrary file upload issue exists in Mara CMS 7.5.

published 2020-09-03 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17735

cvss: 7.2; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 18.6%; EPSS 18.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

An arbitrary file upload issue exists in Mara CMS 7.5. In order to exploit this, an attacker must have a valid authenticated (admin/manager) session and make a codebase/dir.php?type=filenew request to upload PHP code to codebase/handler.php.

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Timeline

2020-08-31 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/maracms_upload_exec)
2020-09-03 Published

Exploit prediction

18.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/multi/http/maracms_upload_exec MaraCMS Arbitrary PHP File Upload metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-08-31
exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48780 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159304/MaraCMS-7.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/48780
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
packetstormsecurity.com /files/159304/MaraCMS-7.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
sourceforge.net /projects/maracms/
product, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-25042
NVD CVE-2020-25042

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