What is CVE-2020-23766?

CVE-2020-23766 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Htmly, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-23766?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Htmly

CVE-2020-23766

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability was discovered on htmly v2.7.5 which allows remote attackers to use any absolute path to delete any file in the server should they gain Administrator privileges.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Htmly — versions 2.7.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23766?: CVE-2020-23766 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Htmly, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-23766?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.