A local file inclusion vulnerability in the FileServlet in all SearchBlox before 9.2.2 allows remote, unauthenticated users to read arbitra…

published 2021-05-20 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-23246

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 14.0%; EPSS 14.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

A local file inclusion vulnerability in the FileServlet in all SearchBlox before 9.2.2 allows remote, unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files from the operating system via a /searchblox/servlet/FileServlet?col=url= request. Additionally, this may be used to read the contents of the SearchBlox configuration file (e.g., searchblox/WEB-INF/config.xml), which contains both the Super Admin's API key and the base64 encoded SHA1 password hashes of other SearchBlox users.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

searchblox searchblox 9.2.2

Exploit prediction

13.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template SearchBlox <9.2.2 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
hateshape.github.io https://hateshape.github.io/general/2021/05/11/CVE-2020-35580.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

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

References

hateshape.github.io /general/2021/05/11/CVE-2020-35580.html
exploit, third-party-advisory
developer.searchblox.com /docs/getting-started-with-searchblox
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-35580
NVD CVE-2020-35580

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Summary