What is CVE-2020-27993?

CVE-2020-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hrsale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-27993?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Hrsale

CVE-2020-27993

Hrsale 2.0.0 allows download?type=files&filename=../ directory traversal to read arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-10-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hrsale — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48920 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27993?: CVE-2020-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hrsale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-27993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.