Path Traversal in Umbraco Umbraco_cms

CVE-2020-5811

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists during package installation in Umbraco CMS <= 8.9.1 or current, which could result in arbitrary files being written outside of the site home and expected paths when installing an Umbraco…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.094 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5811?
CVE-2020-5811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Umbraco Umbraco_cms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-5811?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5811 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.