CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-13443
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
ExpressionEngine before 5.3.2 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code in a .php%20 file via Compose Msg, Add attachment, and Save As Draft actions. A user with low privileges (member) is able to upload this. It is possible to bypass the MIME type check and file-extension check while uploading new files. Short aliases are not used for an attachment; instead, direct access is allowed to the uploaded files. It is possible to upload PHP only if one has member access, or registration/forum is enabled and one can create a member with the default group id of 5. To exploit this, one must to be able to send and compose messages (at least).
Affected configurations
• expressionengine expressionengine (< 5.3.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://expressionengine.com/blog Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/mariuszpoplwski/51604d8a6d7d78fffdf590c25e844e09 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://expressionengine.com/blog Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/mariuszpoplwski/51604d8a6d7d78fffdf590c25e844e09 Exploit, Third Party Advisory