CVE-2020-13671
Published 2020-11-20 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source mlhess@drupal.org
Summary
CVE-2020-13671 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Drupal Drupal core. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 18, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by July 18, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Drupal has 5 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
All 5 known-exploited Drupal vulnerabilities →Description
Drupal core does not properly sanitize certain filenames on uploaded files, which can lead to files being interpreted as the incorrect extension and served as the wrong MIME type or executed as PHP for certain hosting configurations. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.8, 8.9 versions prior to 8.9.9, 8.8 versions prior to 8.8.11, and 7 versions prior to 7.74.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Drupal — Drupal core
Name: Drupal core Un-restricted Upload of File
Date added: 2022-01-18 · Due: 2022-07-18
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-012
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-012
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-13671

