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high 7.5

CVE-2020-25540 in the critical feed json

ThinkAdmin directory traversal vulnerability

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-2qm5-r82g-5hcx , EUVD-2022-2036

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.3%
EPSS 75.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

ThinkAdmin v6 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. An unauthorized attacker can read arbitrarily file on a remote server via GET request encode parameter.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48812)

Exploit prediction

75.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48812 ThinkAdmin 6 - Arbitrarily File Read webapps, 2020-09-15
  • Nuclei template ThinkAdmin 6 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/zoujingli/ThinkAdmin/issues/244 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • wtfsec.org https://wtfsec.org/posts/thinkadmin-v6-%E5%88%97%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95-%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist zoujingli/thinkadmin
1 listed version
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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