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CVE-2020-28173

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Description

Simple College Website 1.0 allows a user to conduct remote code execution via /alumni/admin/ajax.php?action=save_settings when uploading a malicious file using the image upload functionality, which is stored in /alumni/admin/assets/uploads/.

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https://www.sourcecodester.com/sites/default/files/download/oretnom23/simple-college-website.zip

https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14548/simple-college-website-using-htmlphpmysqli-source-code.html

https://github.com/yunaranyancat/poc-dump/blob/main/simplecollegewebsite/sqli_rce.py

https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/2010-exploits/simplecollegewebsite10-sqlexec.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03804

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