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TI-2020-14313 Aliases CVE-2020-22249GHSA-5rjh-phx5-w966

Remote Code Execution vulnerability in phplist 3.5.1.

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-434Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

Remote Code Execution vulnerability in phplist 3.5.1. The application does not check any file extensions stored in the plugin zip file, Uploading a malicious plugin which contains the php files with extensions like PHP,phtml,php7 will be copied to the plugins directory which would lead to the remote code execution

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0289 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5.1Vulnerablephplist
  • cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5.1 Vulnerable ·phplist

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-22249
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5rjh-phx5-w966

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-14100 PHPList Edit Subscription index.php sql injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-14103 PHPList Subscription sql injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-14101 PHPList Sending Campain sql injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2017-14104 PHPList Reflected cross site scriting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2017-14107 PHPList Bounce Rule Persistent cross site scriting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2017-14106 PHPList Subscribe Persistent cross site scriting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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Sources

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