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)

EPSS: 0.140 (96.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.