CVE-2020-7799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in FusionAuth before 1.11.0. An authenticated user, allowed to edit e-mail templates (Home -> Settings -> Email Templates) or themes (Home -> Settings -> Themes), can execute commands on the underlying operating system by abusing freemarker.template.utility.Execute in the Apache FreeMarker engine that processes custom templates.

Published: 2020-01-28

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 19.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fusionauth:fusionauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19807.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156102/FusionAuth-1.10-Remote-Command-Execution.html
https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/release-notes
https://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2020-03-fusionauth.txt
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/39

History

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Subscriptions

Fusionauth Fusionauth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-28T12:46:52.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:41:01.865Z

Reserved: 2020-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-28T13:15:12.560

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:25:27.950

Link: CVE-2020-7799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-917
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

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