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CVE-2020-5296

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5296 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OctoberCMS versions 1.0.319 through 1.0.465, allowing an authenticated backend user with specific permissions to delete arbitrary local files. The CVSS score is 4.9, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity but no impact on confidentiality or availability. While the vulnerability is patched in version 1.0.466, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.319, < 1.0.466CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: october/cmsFixed in: 1.0.466
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-jv6v-fvvx-4932medium

Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in OctoberCMS

Jun 3, 2020

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158730/October-CMS-Build-465-XSS-File-Read-File-Deletion-CSV-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / octobercms/october/commit/2b8939cc8b5b6fe81e093fe2c9f883ada4e3c8cc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-jv6v-fvvx-4932
PatchThird Party Advisory