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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8639

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in keywordsImport.php in TestLink 1.9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension. This allows an authenticated attacker to upload a malicious file (containing PHP code to execute operating system commands) to a publicly accessible directory of the application.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:31 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-8639

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Apr 2020, 19:15 UTC

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in keywordsImport.php in TestLink 1.9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension. This allows an authenticated attacker to upload a malicious file (containing PHP code to execute operating system commands) to a publicly accessible directory of the application.

osv:CVE-2020-8639
Complete source record
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2020-04-03T19:15:13.593+00:00"
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