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CVE-2020-8518

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8518 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 and related distributions like Debian and Fedora. It allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code via specially crafted CSV data. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of affected systems. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, and it has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:5.2.22:*:*:*:webmail:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
71.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Horde CSV import arbitrary PHP code execution · Feb 7, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48215 · Mar 10, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7173 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156872/Horde-5.2.22-CSV-Import-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PRPIFQDGYPQ3F2TF2ETPIL7IYNSVVZQ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKTNYDBDVJNMVC7QPXQI7CMPLX3USZ2T
lists.horde.org / archives/announce/2020/001285.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory