What is CVE-2020-21244?

CVE-2020-21244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frontaccounting, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-21244?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Frontaccounting

CVE-2020-21244

An issue was discovered in FrontAccounting 2.4.7. There is a Directory Traversal vulnerability that can empty folder via admin/inst_lang.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-09-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Frontaccounting — versions 2.4.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/FrontAccountingERP/FA/issues/40 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21244?: CVE-2020-21244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frontaccounting, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-21244?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.