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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-27467 · published 24 February 2022

CVE-2020-27467: Processwire path traversal vulnerability

Processwire · Processwire

A Directory Traversal vulnerability exits in Processwire CMS before 2.7.1 via the download parameter to index.php.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 16% · top 3.2% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.8
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A Directory Traversal vulnerability exits in Processwire CMS before 2.7.1 via the download parameter to index.php.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/ceng-yildirim/LFI-processwire ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ceng-yildirim/LFI-processwire ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-27467), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.