{"id":"CVE-2020-11107","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11107","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:12:06.940Z","title":"An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.","description":"An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows. An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.","published":"2020-04-02T18:15:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:49:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["apachefriends/xampp"],"epss":{"score":0.2247,"percentile":0.97704,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2021-09-27","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50337,"kind":"exploit","title":"XAMPP 7.4.3 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50337","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/50337.ps1","file":"exploits/windows/local/50337.ps1","published":"2021-09-27","added":"2021-09-27","updated":"2022-08-01","author":"Salman Asad","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-11107"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11107","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}