CVE-2020-35580

Public Exploit

Description

A local file inclusion vulnerability in the FileServlet in all SearchBlox before 9.2.2 allows remote, unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files from the operating system via a /searchblox/servlet/FileServlet?col=url= request. Additionally, this may be used to read the contents of the SearchBlox configuration file (e.g., searchblox/WEB-INF/config.xml), which contains both the Super Admin's API key and the base64 encoded SHA1 password hashes of other SearchBlox users.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 82.56% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory searchblox.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://developer.searchblox.com/docs/getting-started-with-searchblox vendor advisory
https://hateshape.github.io/general/2021/05/11/CVE-2020-35580.html third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-35580?
CVE-2020-35580 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-35580?
To fix CVE-2020-35580, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-35580 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-35580 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~83% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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