CVE-2020-35598
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an...
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623
- Record
CVE-2020-35598- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623
- Record
CVE-2020-35598- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23264 No score
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2009-4623
- Record
EUVD-2020-23264- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3896-fhmw-qp2v No score
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an...
ACS Advanced Comment System 1.0 is affected by Directory Traversal via an advanced_component_system/index.php?ACS_path=..%2f URI.
- Record
GHSA-3896-fhmw-qp2v- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Advanced Comment System 1.0 - 'ACS_path' Path Traversal | 2021-01-04 |
| Nuclei | Advanced Comment System 1.0 - Local File Inclusion |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-35598 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Advanced Comment System Project Comment System, published December 23, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.