CVE-2020-22937
A remote code execution (RCE) in e/install/index.php of EmpireCMS 7.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via writing malicious code to the install file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A remote code execution (RCE) in e/install/index.php of EmpireCMS 7.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via writing malicious code to the install file.
- 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
- 2.82% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- phome/empirecms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% 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.
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/96.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/leadscloud/EmpireCMS/issues/4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/96.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/leadscloud/EmpireCMS/issues/4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.