CVE-2020-5295

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-5295?

Upgrade october to 1.0.466 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-5295 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-5295 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 7.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-5295?

CVE-2020-5295 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-5295 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for october (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUMEPSS 94th pctl

4.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In OctoberCMS (october/october composer package) versions from 1.0.319 and before 1.0.466, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read local files of an October CMS server. The vulnerability is only exploitable by an authenticated backend user with the `cms.manage_assets` permission. Issue has been patched in Build 466 (v1.0.466).

CWE-98 CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

octoberNVD

Affected:>= 1.0.319, < 1.0.466Fixed in:1.0.466CVE-2020-5295derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

7.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit2

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-5295?

Upgrade october to 1.0.466 or later.

Is CVE-2020-5295 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-5295 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 7.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-5295?

CVE-2020-5295 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-5295 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for october (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.