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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2020-25790 in the critical feed json

Typesetter CMS 5.x through 5.1 allows admins to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file inside a ZIP archive.

published 2020-09-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-18440

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.6%
EPSS 15.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Typesetter CMS 5.x through 5.1 allows admins to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file inside a ZIP archive. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report because "admins are considered trustworthy"; however, the behavior "contradicts our security policy" and is being fixed for 5.2

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48906)

Exploit prediction

15.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48906 Typesetter CMS 5.1 - Arbitrary Code Execution (Authenticated) webapps, 2020-10-19
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159615/Typesetter-CMS-5.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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.