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high 8.8

CVE-2020-7246 in the critical feed json

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in qdPM 9.1 and earlier.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28373

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.2%
EPSS 83.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
5
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in qdPM 9.1 and earlier. An attacker can upload a malicious PHP code file via the profile photo functionality, by leveraging a path traversal vulnerability in the users['photop_preview'] delete photo feature, allowing bypass of .htaccess protection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3884.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47954)

Exploit prediction

83.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/qdpm_authenticated_rce qdPM 9.1 Authenticated Arbitrary PHP File Upload (RCE) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-11-21
  • EDB-50944 qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (v2) webapps, 2022-05-25
  • EDB-50175 qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) webapps, 2021-08-04
  • EDB-48146 qdPM < 9.1 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2020-02-28
  • EDB-47954 qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2020-01-23
  • docs.google.com https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ZZSm0DL1Ie6r_fU5ZdDKGZ4defFqiFXMG--zDo8S10/edit?usp=sharing referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156063/qdPM-9.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156571/qdPM-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167264/qdPM-9.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168559/qdPM-9.1-Authenticated-Shell-Upload.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 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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