CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8865

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2020-03-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-03-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-23

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute local PHP files on affected installations of Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within edit.php. When parsing the params[template] parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the www-data user. Was ZDI-CAN-10469.

Affected configurations

• horde groupware 5.2.22 • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal weakness

References