What is CVE-2020-23828?

CVE-2020-23828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Online Course Registration Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-23828?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Online Course Registration Project

CVE-2020-23828

A File Upload vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Course Registration v1.0 allows remote attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the hosting webserver by uploading a crafted PHP web-shell that bypasses the image upload filters. An attack uses /Online%20Course%20Registration/my-profile.php with the POST parameter photo.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.041 (89.7th 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

Online_course_registration_project Online_course_registration — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23828?: CVE-2020-23828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Online Course Registration Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-23828?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.