CVE-2020-29592
Published: 14 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-29592 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Orchardproject Orchard. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-21953
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Orchard before 1.10. A broken access control issue in Orchard components that use the TinyMCE HTML editor's file upload allows an attacker to upload dangerous executables that bypass the file types allowed (regardless of the…
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file types allowed list in Media settings).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.