Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11708
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. Privilege escalation can occur via the /ajax/SetUserInfo messages parameter because of the EXECUTE() feature, which is for executing programs when certain events are triggered.