CVE-2020-12873
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 19, 2021 at 10:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAlfresco Enterprise Content Management
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM) before 6.2.1. A user with privileges to edit a FreeMarker template (e.g., a webscript) may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running Alfresco.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Alfresco Enterprise Content Management· Atlassianatlassian-app
95%v < 6.2.1
Affected range stops below 6.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/MNT-21510x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-039-alfrescoCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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