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CVE-2020-7799

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 19.81% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-01-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Apache. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 19.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2020-7799
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
19.81%
Apache

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in FusionAuth before 1.11.0. An authenticated user, allowed to edit e-mail templates (Home -> Settings -> Email Templates) or themes (Home -> Settings -> Themes), can execute commands on the underlying operating system by abusing freemarker.template.utility.Execute in the Apache FreeMarker engine that processes custom templates.

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