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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-13442

A Remote code execution vulnerability exists in DEXT5Upload in DEXT5 through 2.7.1402870.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.65%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A Remote code execution vulnerability exists in DEXT5Upload in DEXT5 through 2.7.1402870. An attacker can upload a PHP file via dext5handler.jsp handler because the uploaded file is stored under dext5uploadeddata/.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.65% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-434
Affected
dext5/dext5
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.65%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.