TI-2020-18134 Aliases CVE-2020-35657 GHSA-qq9r-5mv8-w3px

Jaws through 1.8.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code…

LOW 36CWE-434Published 2020-12-23 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
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

Jaws through 1.8.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of UploadTheme to upload a theme ZIP archive containing a .php file that is able to execute OS commands. NOTE: this is unrelated to the JAWS (aka Job Access With Speech) product.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02507 84th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jaws_project:jaws::::::::	up to 1.8.0	Vulnerable	Jaws Project

cpe:2.3:a:jaws_project:jaws:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.8.0 Vulnerable ·Jaws Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35657
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qq9r-5mv8-w3px

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/xNoBody12/jaws-rce-via-theme

Advisory 1

https://github.com/jaws-project/jaws

TI-2020-18133 Jaws through 1.8.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2

Sources

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