CVE-2020-18184

Publication date 2 October 2020

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In PluxXml V5.7,the theme edit function /PluXml/core/admin/parametres_edittpl.php allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing this code into a template.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pluxml	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

seth-arnold

I've asked if this is an intentional feature or not; the documentation suggests to me that it is intentional for the administrator to be able to execute arbitrary code.

leosilva

deferred as no fix as 2021-10-19.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.2 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.2 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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