What is CVE-2020-10235?

CVE-2020-10235 is a high-severity vulnerability in Froxlor, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-10235?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Froxlor

CVE-2020-10235

An issue was discovered in Froxlor before 0.10.14. Remote attackers with access to the installation routine could have executed arbitrary code via the database configuration options that were passed unescaped to exec, because of _backupExistingDatabase in install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Froxlor

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/Froxlor/Froxlor/commit/7e361274c5bf687b6a42dd1871f6d75506c5d207 (Patch)
github.com/Froxlor/Froxlor/commit/62ce21c9ec393f9962515c88f0c489ace42bf656 (Patch)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/Froxlor/Froxlor/compare/0.10.13...0.10.14 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10235?: CVE-2020-10235 is a high-severity vulnerability in Froxlor, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-10235?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.