CVE-2020-11807

high

Description

Because of Unrestricted Upload of a File with a Dangerous Type, Sourcefabric Newscoop 4.4.7 allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP code (and sometimes terminal commands) on a server by making an avatar update and then visiting the avatar file under the /images/ path.

References

https://github.com/sourcefabric/Newscoop/blob/3df835637609a5a42530b2a4611177c634ad6274/newscoop/library/Newscoop/Image/ImageService.php#L226

https://gist.github.com/V-Rico/82e9e52ac451dc20eef87b0999b3b1ee

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0007