CVE-2020-24916 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting the CGI implementation in Yaws web server versions 1.81 through 2.0.7, including various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions utilizing Yaws. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, allowing an attacker to gain full control over the affected system, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and ease of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.81, <= 2.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yaws:yaws:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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