Path Traversal in Observium
CVE-2020-25144
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 /apps/?app=../ URIs.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.032 (87.0th 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
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-25144?
- CVE-2020-25144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Observium, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-25.
- How severe is CVE-2020-25144?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-25144 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.