THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-36079
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-36079

Zenphoto vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Zenphoto through 1.5.7 is affected by authenticated arbitrary file upload, leading to remote code execution. The attacker must navigate to the uploader plugin, check the elFinder box, and then drag and drop files into the Files(elFinder) portion of the UI. This can, for example, place a .php file in the server's uploaded/ directory. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because exploitation can only be performed by an admin who has "lots of other possibilities to harm a site.
Affected vendor
Zenphoto
Affected product
Zenphoto
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2021-02-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-36079

  • Confirm whether Zenphoto Zenphoto is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-36079.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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