CVE-2020-11579
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 26.92% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- chadhaajay/phpkb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 26.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://shielder.it/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpkb.comProduct
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://shielder.it/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpkb.comProduct
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.