CVE-2020-7799

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7799
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-28 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-917

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fusionauth Fusionauth All All All All
Application Fusionauth Fusionauth All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FusionAuth 1.10 Remote Command Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2020-03-fusionauth.txt MISC lab.mediaservice.net Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: CVE - CVE-2020-7799 - FusionAuth command execution via Apache Freemarker Template BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Release Notes - FusionAuth MISC fusionauth.io Exploit, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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