CVE-2020-37246

medium

Description

Supsystic Backup 2.3.9 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by manipulating the download path parameter. Attackers can modify the download parameter in admin.php requests with directory traversal sequences to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd or delete files via the removeAction parameter.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-supsystic-backup-local-file-inclusion

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49545

https://supsystic.com/

https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backup-by-supsystic.zip

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-16

Updated: 2026-05-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium