CVE-2020-11977
HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2020 at 07:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSyncope
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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
In Apache Syncope 2.1.X releases prior to 2.1.7, when the Flowable extension is enabled, an administrator with workflow entitlements can use Shell Service Tasks to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2020-11977:_Remote_Code_Execution_via_Flowable_workflow_definitionCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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