Path Traversal in Searchblox
CVE-2020-35580
A local file inclusion vulnerability in the FileServlet in all SearchBlox before 9.2.2 allows remote, unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files from the operating system via a /searchblox/servlet/FileServlet?col=url= request. Additionally, this may be used to read the contents of the SearchBlox configuration file (e.g., searchblox/WEB-INF/config.xml), which contains both the Super Admin's API key and the base64 encoded SHA1 password hashes of other SearchBlox users.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.140 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.140 · newest: 0.140 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- developer.searchblox.com/docs/getting-started-with-searchblox (Vendor Advisory)
- hateshape.github.io/general/2021/05/11/CVE-2020-35580.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-35580?
- CVE-2020-35580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Searchblox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-20.
- How severe is CVE-2020-35580?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-35580 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.