CVE-2020-25042

An arbitrary file upload issue exists in Mara CMS 7.5. In order to exploit this, an attacker must have a valid authenticated (admin/manager) session and make a codebase/dir.php?type=filenew request to upload PHP code to codebase/handler.php.

CVSS v3.1

7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

18.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2020-09-03

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159304/MaraCMS-7.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48780
• Groppoxx/CVE-2020-25042-PoC

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/maracms_upload_exec.rb

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-2825
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• CVE-2020-25034
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