CVE-2020-23972
In Joomla Component GMapFP Version J3.5 and J3.5free, an attacker can access the upload function without authenticating to the application…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 31.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
In Joomla Component GMapFP Version J3.5 and J3.5free, an attacker can access the upload function without authenticating to the application and can also upload files which due to issues of unrestricted file uploads which can be bypassed by changing the content-type and name file too double extensions.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Joomla! Component GMapFP 3.5 - Arbitrary File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-23972.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! Component GMapFP 3.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49129webapps, phppublished 1 Dec 2020Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.4% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/me4yoursecurity/Reports/master/README.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159072/Joomla-GMapFP-J3.5-J3.5F-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-16708 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-23972)Record last updated .