HighGHSA-x72f-ggjw-v5xhBIT-drupal-2020-13664CVE-2020-13664DRUPAL-CORE-2020-005

Drupal Core Arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerability

Published 24 May 2022 · Updated 10 Dec 2025

Affected packages

drupal/coreComposer
Affected
>=8.8.0 <8.8.8
Fixed in
8.8.8
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/core:^8.8.8
drupal/coreComposer
Affected
>=8.9.0 <8.9.1
Fixed in
8.9.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/core:^8.9.1
drupal/coreComposer
Affected
>=9.0.0 <9.0.1
Fixed in
9.0.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/core:^9.0.1
Affected
>=8.8.0 <8.8.8
Fixed in
8.8.8
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/drupal:^8.8.8
Affected
>=8.9.0 <8.9.1
Fixed in
8.9.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/drupal:^8.9.1
Affected
>=9.0.0 <9.0.1
Fixed in
9.0.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require drupal/drupal:^9.0.1

Details

Arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerability in Drupal Core under certain circumstances. An attacker could trick an administrator into visiting a malicious site that could result in creating a carefully named directory on the file system. With this directory in place, an attacker could attempt to brute force a remote code execution vulnerability. Windows servers are most likely to be affected. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.8; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.1; 9.0.1 versions prior to 9.0.1.

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References

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