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CVE-2020-24949· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the

Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Sep 3, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
67.5% · 99th percentile
CWE
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Action score

55

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
20 / 30 · 67.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
php-fusionphp-fusion

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • php-fusion php-fusion9.03.50

Same product

php-fusion: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-4931Directory traversal vulnerability in maincore.php in PHP-Fusion allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .
    45Plan
  • CVE-2019-12099In PHP-Fusion 9.03.00, edit_profile.php allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because includes/dynamics/includes/form_
    40Plan
  • CVE-2020-12461PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allows SQL Injection because maincore.php has an insufficient protection mechanism.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2021-3172An issue in Php-Fusion v9.03.90 fixed in v9.10.00 allows authenticated attackers to cause a Distributed Denial of Service via the Polling fe
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2014-8596Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 7.02.07 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1)
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2013-7375SQL injection vulnerability in includes/classes/Authenticate.class.php in PHP-Fusion 7.02.01 through 7.02.05 allows remote attackers to exec
    31Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2021-05-28
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2020-24949 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02021-06-03

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. First PoC+267 d
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+2218 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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