CVE-2020-25287
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template...
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template editor can edit any file, as demonstrated by an admin/admin_editor.php the_file=..%2Findex.php&open=Open request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template editor can edit any file, as demonstrated by an admin/admin_editor.php the_file=..%2Findex.php&open=Open request.
- Record
CVE-2020-25287- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template editor can edit any file, as demonstrated by an admin/admin_editor.php the_file=..%2Findex.php&open=Open request.
- Record
CVE-2020-25287- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17975 No score
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template editor can edit any file, as demonstrated by an admin/admin_editor.php the_file=..%2Findex.php&open=Open request.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17975- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8rpf-h452-4m5v No score
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template...
Pligg 2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands because the template editor can edit any file, as demonstrated by an admin/admin_editor.php the_file=..%2Findex.php&open=Open request.
- Record
GHSA-8rpf-h452-4m5v- 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-2020-25287 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Pligg Project Pligg, published September 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.71%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.