Critical
Security advisory
A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) was discovered in Form.io 2.0.0. This leads to Remote Code Execution during deletion of the default Email template URL. NOTE: the email templating service was removed after 2020. Additionally, the vendor disputes this issue indicating this is sandboxed and only executable by admins.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-28246
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) was discovered in Form.io 2.0.0. This leads to Remote Code Execution during deletion of the default Email template URL. NOTE: the email templating service was removed after 2020. Additionally, the vendor disputes this issue indicating this is sandboxed and only executable by admins.
osv:CVE-2020-28246
Complete source record
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"summary": "A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) was discovered in Form.io 2.0.0. This leads to Remote Code Execution during deletion of the default Email template URL. NOTE: the email templating service was removed after 2020. Additionally, the vendor disputes this issue indicating this is sandboxed and only executable by admins.",
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:03.804956341Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2022-06-02T14:15:26.7+00:00"
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