CVE-2020-7246A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in qdPM 9.1 and earlier. An attacker can upload a malicious PHP code file via the…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 83.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in qdPM 9.1 and earlier. An attacker can upload a malicious PHP code file via the profile photo functionality, by leveraging a path traversal vulnerability in the users['photop_preview'] delete photo feature, allowing bypass of .htaccess protection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3884.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- qdPM 9.1 Authenticated Arbitrary PHP File Upload (RCE) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/qdpm_authenticated_rceRank excellentdisclosed 21 Nov 2020
Exploit-DB4 entries
- qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (v2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50944webapps, phppublished 25 May 2022Verified
- qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50175webapps, phppublished 4 Aug 2021Verified
- qdPM < 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48146webapps, multiplepublished 28 Feb 2020Not verified
- qdPM 9.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47954webapps, phppublished 23 Jan 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
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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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.2% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ZZSm0DL1Ie6r_fU5ZdDKGZ4defFqiFXMG--zDo8S10/edit?usp=sharing (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156063/qdPM-9.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156571/qdPM-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167264/qdPM-9.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168559/qdPM-9.1-Authenticated-Shell-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-2020-28373 (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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