VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-13695

CVSS score7.2 HIGH

EPSS probability1.70%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-06-01

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

In QuickBox Community Edition through 2.5.5 and Pro Edition through 2.1.8, the local www-data user has sudo privileges to execute grep as root without a password, which allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via a grep of a /root/*.db or /etc/shadow file.

Weakness classification

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory