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CVE-2020-22249

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.89% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-07-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2020-22249
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.89%

Original NVD Description

Remote Code Execution vulnerability in phplist 3.5.1. The application does not check any file extensions stored in the plugin zip file, Uploading a malicious plugin which contains the php files with extensions like PHP,phtml,php7 will be copied to the plugins directory which would lead to the remote code execution

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