{"id":"CVE-2020-26124","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-26124","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:29:51.863Z","title":"openmediavault before 4.1.36 and 5.x before 5.5.12 allows authenticated PHP code injection attacks, via the sortfield POST parameter of rpc.php, because json_encode_safe is not used in config/databasebackend.inc.","description":"openmediavault before 4.1.36 and 5.x before 5.5.12 allows authenticated PHP code injection attacks, via the sortfield POST parameter of rpc.php, because json_encode_safe is not used in config/databasebackend.inc. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system as root.","published":"2020-10-02T09:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:07:38.000Z","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-94"],"affected":["openmediavault/openmediavault"],"epss":{"score":0.64832,"percentile":0.9924,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-20","score":0.64832,"percentile":0.99244}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 64.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160223/OpenMediaVault-rpc.php-Authenticated-PHP-Code-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/openmediavault/openmediavault/commit/ebb51bbf5a39f4955eab0073bf87f2a31926d85d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openmediavault.org/?p=2797","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160223/OpenMediaVault-rpc.php-Authenticated-PHP-Code-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/openmediavault/openmediavault/commit/ebb51bbf5a39f4955eab0073bf87f2a31926d85d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openmediavault.org/?p=2797","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26124","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."}