CVE-2020-11579

moderate-risk
Published 2020-09-03

An issue was discovered in Chadha PHPKB 9.0 Enterprise Edition. installer/test-connection.php (part of the installation process) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose local files on hosts running PHP before 7.2.16, or on hosts where the MySQL ALLOW LOCAL DATA INFILE option is enabled.

Do I need to act?

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36.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 63% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Chadhaajay

References (8)

Exploit https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579
Third Party Advisory https://shielder.it/
Product https://www.phpkb.com
Exploit https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/
Exploit https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579
Third Party Advisory https://shielder.it/
Product https://www.phpkb.com
Exploit https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 16/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal