CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2020-14209 — Dolibarr before 11.0.5 allows low-privilege users to upload files of dangerous types, leading to arbitrary code execution
High
CVSS 8.8
Dolibarr before 11.0.5 allows low-privilege users to upload files of dangerous types, leading to arbitrary code execution. This occurs because .pht and .phar files can be uploaded. Also, a .htaccess file can be uploaded to reconfigure access control (e.g., to let .noexe files be executed as PHP code to defeat the .noexe protection mechanism).
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2020-09-02
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Affected products
- dolibarr / dolibarr
Matched remediation archetype
Path traversal, unsafe upload, and file handling
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Check exposure
- Trace untrusted filenames, archive entries, URLs, and path segments into read, write, include, extraction, and upload operations.
- Identify filesystem roots, mount permissions, symbolic-link behavior, archive handling, and whether uploaded content is web-accessible or executable.
- Review canonicalization and containment checks across supported operating systems and storage backends.
Remediate safely
- Generate server-side storage identifiers and resolve paths beneath a fixed root using filesystem-aware containment checks.
- Reject absolute, parent-relative, alternate-separator, device, link, and archive entries that escape the intended root.
- Store uploads outside executable or served paths, validate type and size, and use private atomic temporary files.
Authoritative sources
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