What is CVE-2020-11708?

CVE-2020-11708 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Provideserver Provide FTP Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-11708?

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

Privilege escalation in Provideserver Provide FTP Server

CVE-2020-11708

An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. Privilege escalation can occur via the /ajax/SetUserInfo messages parameter because of the EXECUTE() feature, which is for executing programs when certain events are triggered.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Provideserver Provide_ftp_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11708?: CVE-2020-11708 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Provideserver Provide FTP Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-11708?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.