CVE-2020-25790
Typesetter CMS 5.x through 5.1 allows admins to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file inside a ZIP archive.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Typesetter CMS 5.x through 5.1 allows admins to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file inside a ZIP archive. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report because "admins are considered trustworthy"; however, the behavior "contradicts our security policy" and is being fixed for 5.2
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.58% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 October 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- typesettercms/typesetter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.6% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159503/Typesetter-CMS-5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159615/Typesetter-CMS-5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Typesetter/Typesetter/issues/674Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159503/Typesetter-CMS-5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159615/Typesetter-CMS-5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Typesetter/Typesetter/issues/674Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.