CVE-2020-29007

critical

Description

The Score extension through 0.3.0 for MediaWiki has a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper sandboxing of the GNU LilyPond executable. This allows any user with an ability to edit articles (potentially including unauthenticated anonymous users) to execute arbitrary Scheme or shell code by using crafted {{Image data to generate musical scores containing malicious code.

References

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Score/2021_security_advisory

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Score

https://seqred.pl/en/cve-2020-29007-remote-code-execution-in-mediawiki-score/

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257062

https://github.com/seqred-s-a/cve-2020-29007

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-04-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02317