CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-37246

MediumCVSS 6.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.67%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

Supsystic Backup 2.3.9 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by manipulating the download path parameter. Attackers can use directory traversal in the download parameter in admin.php requests to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd or delete files via the removeAction parameter.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can read sensitive system files or delete critical data, leading to confidentiality and integrity breaches.

Recommendation

Update the Supsystic Backup plugin to the latest version immediately and restrict access to the admin panel.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Supsystic Backup 2.3.9 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by manipulating the download path parameter. Attackers can modify the download parameter in admin.php requests with directory traversal sequences to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd or delete files via the removeAction parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS