What is CVE-2018-20789?

CVE-2018-20789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tecrail Responsive Filemanager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-20789?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Tecrail Responsive Filemanager

CVE-2018-20789

tecrail Responsive FileManager 9.13.4 allows remote attackers to delete an arbitrary directory as a consequence of a paths[0] path traversal mitigation bypass through the delete_folder action in execute.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tecrail Responsive Filemanager — versions 9.13.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45987 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20789?: CVE-2018-20789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tecrail Responsive Filemanager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-20789?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.