What is CVE-2020-22937?

CVE-2020-22937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-22937?

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

Is CVE-2020-22937 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Phome Empirecms

CVE-2020-22937

A remote code execution (RCE) in e/install/index.php of EmpireCMS 7.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via writing malicious code to the install file.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.028 (84.8th 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

Phome Empirecms — versions 7.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-22937

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22937?: CVE-2020-22937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-22937?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-22937 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.