Vulnerability · Published Feb 15, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28337

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the microweber/microweber package (Packagist). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 16.6% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)16.6%top 3.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A directory traversal issue in the Utils/Unzip module in Microweber through 1.1.20 allows an authenticated attacker to gain remote code execution via the backup restore feature. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must have the credentials of an administrative user, upload a maliciously constructed ZIP file with file paths including relative paths (i.e., ../../), move this file into the backup directory, and execute a restore on this file.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistmicroweber/microweber1.2.3GHSA-pqcf-v8v5-jmcg

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References