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CVE-2020-29071

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS issue was found in the Shares feature of LiquidFiles before 3.3.19. The issue arises from the insecure rendering of HTML files uploaded to the platform as attachments, when the -htmlview URL is directly accessed. The impact ranges from executing commands as root on the server to retrieving sensitive information about encrypted e-mails, depending on the permissions of the target user.

Affected products

• LiquidFiles: before 3.3.19 — fixed in 3.3.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LiquidFiles 3.3.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lean0x2f.github.io/liquidfiles_advisory
• https://man.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_3-3-x.html
• https://lean0x2f.github.io/liquidfiles_advisory
• https://man.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_3-3-x.html

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