What is CVE-2020-10948?

CVE-2020-10948 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alienform2 Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-10948?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Alienform2 Project

CVE-2020-10948

Jon Hedley AlienForm2 (typically installed as af.cgi or alienform.cgi) 2.0.2 is vulnerable to Remote Command Execution via eval injection, a different issue than CVE-2002-0934. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this via a series of crafted requests.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2020-04-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Alienform2 Project — versions 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/master/FEYE-2020-0004 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10948?: CVE-2020-10948 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alienform2 Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-10948?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.