What is CVE-2020-13448?

CVE-2020-13448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quickbox, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-13448?

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

RCE in Quickbox

CVE-2020-13448

QuickBox Community Edition through 2.5.5 and Pro Edition through 2.1.8 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute code on the server via command injection in the servicestart parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-06-01 · 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: 0.174 (97.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.174 · newest: 0.174 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Quickbox

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

s1gh.sh/cve-2020-13448-quickbox-authenticated-rce/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157898/QuickBox-Pro-2.1.8-Remote-Code-Execution.h… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13448?: CVE-2020-13448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quickbox, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-13448?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.