CVE-2020-11107 describes a critical vulnerability in XAMPP versions prior to 7.2.29, 7.3.16, and 7.4.4 on Windows, allowing an unprivileged user to modify the xampp-control.ini configuration. This manipulation enables arbitrary command execution for all users, including administrators, affecting ApacheFriends XAMPP installations on Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks. It is exploitable remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-50337) exists, demonstrating local privilege escalation. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.2.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.