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CVE-2020-11107

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows. An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.

Affected products

• XAMPP: before 7.2.29; from 7.3.0 before 7.3.16; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.4 — fixed in 7.2.29, 7.3.16, 7.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: XAMPP 7.2.29, 7.3.16, 7.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html

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