Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2020-5196

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5196 affects Cerberus FTP Server Enterprise Edition versions prior to 11.0.3 and 10.0.18. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to bypass intended permissions, enabling them to create files and directories, and view hidden files and directories, even without explicit zip/unzip privileges. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), it has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.cerberusftp.com / hc/en-us/community/topics/360000164199-Announcements
Release NotesVendor Advisory
cerberusftp.com / zip-unzip-permission-bypass-vulnerability-fixed-in-cerberus-ftp-server-versions-11-0-3-and-10-0-18
Vendor Advisory
doyler.net / security-not-included/cerberus-ftp-vulnerabilities
ExploitThird Party Advisory