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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2020-26048

High
8.8/10

Summary

The file manager option in CuppaCMS before 2019-11-12 allows an authenticated attacker to upload a malicious file within an image extension and through a custom request using the rename function provided by the file manager is able to modify the image extension into PHP resulting in remote arbitrary code execution.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published