CVE-2020-25540

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Published Sep 14, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 75.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

ThinkAdmin v6 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. An unauthorized attacker can read arbitrarily file on a remote server via GET request encode parameter.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thinkadmin:thinkadmin:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-2qm5-r82g-5hcx	ThinkAdmin directory traversal vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 75.3% (75.332% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159177/ThinkAdmin-6-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
https://github.com/zoujingli/ThinkAdmin/issues/244
https://wtfsec.org/posts/thinkadmin-v6-%E5%88%97%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95-%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96/

History

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Subscriptions

Thinkadmin Thinkadmin

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 14, 2020, 12:22 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:33 PM
Reserved: Sep 14, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:06 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 14, 2020, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:06 AM

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