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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-24626 json

Unathenticated directory traversal in the ReceiverServlet class doPost() method can lead to arbitrary remote code execution in HPE Pay Per…

published 2020-09-23 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-17342

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unathenticated directory traversal in the ReceiverServlet class doPost() method can lead to arbitrary remote code execution in HPE Pay Per Use (PPU) Utility Computing Service (UCS) Meter version 1.9.

Exploit prediction

3.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a HPE Pay Per Use (PPU) Utility Computing Service (UCS) Meter

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.