CVE-2020-35598
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 20.84% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 January 2021
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- advanced comment system project/advanced comment system
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 20.8% 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
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.