CVE-2020-24949
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user ...
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
- Record
CVE-2020-24949- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
- Record
CVE-2020-24949- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17650 No score
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
- Record
EUVD-2020-17650- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrxg-55c7-pjh6 No score
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user ...
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
- Record
GHSA-vrxg-55c7-pjh6- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | PHPFusion 9.03.50 - Remote Code Execution | 2021-05-28 |
| Nuclei | PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 - Remote Code Execution | |
| PoC in GitHub | r90tpass/CVE-2020-24949 | 2021-06-03 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24949 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Php-fusion, published September 3, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.