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CVE-2020-15070

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write...

8.8 High

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.21%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Record
CVE-2020-15070
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Record
CVE-2020-15070
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7198 No score

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Record
EUVD-2020-7198
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g9v4-h729-fvx7 No score

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write...

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Record
GHSA-g9v4-h729-fvx7
Weakness
CWE-74
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to write directly to the postgres database, and chose to write a crafted custom profile field value.

Record
CVE-2020-15070
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-15070 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Zulip Server, published August 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.21%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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