CVE-2020-11705
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate...
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate allows an attacker to load an arbitrary certificate in .pfx format or overwrite arbitrary files via the fileName parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate allows an attacker to load an arbitrary certificate in .pfx format or overwrite arbitrary files via the fileName parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-11705- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate allows an attacker to load an arbitrary certificate in .pfx format or overwrite arbitrary files via the fileName parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-11705- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4047 No score
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate allows an attacker to load an arbitrary certificate in .pfx format or overwrite arbitrary files via the fileName parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4047- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9c43-hccm-57qv No score
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate...
An issue was discovered in ProVide (formerly zFTPServer) through 13.1. /ajax/ImportCertificate allows an attacker to load an arbitrary certificate in .pfx format or overwrite arbitrary files via the fileName parameter.
- Record
GHSA-9c43-hccm-57qv- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-11705 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Provideserver Provide Ftp Server, published April 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.