Path Traversal in Observium

CVE-2020-25136

An issue was discovered in Observium Professional, Enterprise & Community 20.8.10631. It is vulnerable to directory traversal and local file inclusion due to the fact that there is an unrestricted possibility of loading any file with an inc.php extension. Inclusion of other files (even though limited to the mentioned extension) can lead to Remote Code Execution. This can occur via /device/device=345/?tab=routing&proto=../ URIs to device/routing.inc.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.030 (85.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

  • Observium — versions 20.8.10631
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25136?
CVE-2020-25136 is a high-severity vulnerability in Observium, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-25136?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-25136 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.