PT-2020-13178 · Phplist · Phplist

Published 2020-05-04 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-12639

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpList versions prior to 3.5.3

Description The issue allows for XSS, which can result in privilege elevation, via the lists/admin/template.php endpoint. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.3, update to version 3.5.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the lists/admin/template.php endpoint until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BIT-PHPLIST-2020-12639

CVE-2020-12639

Affected Products

Phplist

References · 6

• https://phplist.org/newslist/phplist-3-5-3-release-notes · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12639 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-phplist-2020-12639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3520 · Telegram Post