What is CVE-2020-35598?

CVE-2020-35598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advanced Comment System Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-35598?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-35598 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Advanced Comment System Project

CVE-2020-35598

ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.210 (97.3th 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

Advanced_comment_system_project Advanced_comment_system — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35598?: CVE-2020-35598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advanced Comment System Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-35598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35598 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.