{"id":"CVE-2020-24849","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-24849","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:16:09.825Z","title":"A remote code execution vulnerability is identified in FruityWifi through 2.4.","description":"A remote code execution vulnerability is identified in FruityWifi through 2.4. Due to improperly escaped shell metacharacters obtained from the POST request at the page_config_adv.php page, it is possible to perform remote code execution by an authenticated attacker. This is similar to CVE-2018-17317.","published":"2020-11-05T15:15:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:06:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["fruitywifi project/fruitywifi"],"epss":{"score":0.03307,"percentile":0.88463,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://fruitywifi.com/index_eng.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/harsh-bothra/f899045b16bbba264628d79d52c07c22","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/xtr4nge/FruityWifi","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://fruitywifi.com/index_eng.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/harsh-bothra/f899045b16bbba264628d79d52c07c22","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/xtr4nge/FruityWifi","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24849","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."}