Is CVE-2020-5296 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5296 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5296?

CVE-2020-5296 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5296?

CVE-2020-5296 has an EPSS score of 1.43% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5296?

Upgrade october to 1.0.466 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5296

MEDIUMEPSS 70th pctl

6.2

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 delete arbitrary 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-73External Control of File Name or Path CWE-610

How to fix

Remediation Available

octoberNVD

Affected:>= 1.0.319, < 1.0.466Fixed in:1.0.466CVE-2020-5296derived 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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit2

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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.