CVE-2020-36847 (GCVE-0-2020-36847)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-12 09:24
Modified
2025-07-14 20:11
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
The Simple-File-List Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.2.2 via the rename function which can be used to rename uploaded PHP code with a png extension to use a php extension. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160221/Exploit
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2286920/simple-file-listPatch
security@wordfence.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/365da9c5-a8d0-45f6-863c-1b1926ffd574/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020042711Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9eb835fd-6ebf-4162-856c-0366b663a07e?source=cveThird Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/365da9c5-a8d0-45f6-863c-1b1926ffd574/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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