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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-36388

In CiviCRM before 5.21.3 and 5.22.x through 5.24.x before 5.24.3, users may be able to upload and execute a crafted PHAR archive.

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CVEs
CVE-2020-36388
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Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 05:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-36388

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jun 2021, 19:15 UTC

In CiviCRM before 5.21.3 and 5.22.x through 5.24.x before 5.24.3, users may be able to upload and execute a crafted PHAR archive.

osv:CVE-2020-36388
Complete source record
{
  "id": "802c8741f0d01168c4fc4434e843b6ad7fbe4c87603011f2fc9a901608071c9f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36388",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-36388",
    "summary": "In CiviCRM before 5.21.3 and 5.22.x through 5.24.x before 5.24.3, users may be able to upload and execute a crafted PHAR archive.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-36388",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-36388",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-civicrm-2020-36388",
        "CVE-2020-36388"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "40ba1acf222eed63bad93a26f7adf0d0e726bed7"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8ed0126c83cfdeb1994dc99c40deda1c23701bab"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:civicrm:civicrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.22.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.24.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36388.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:29.182772987Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://civicrm.org/advisory/civi-sa-2020-03",
        "https://blog.sonarsource.com/civicrm-code-execution-vulnerability-chain-explained/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:civicrm:civicrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "civicrm:civicrm",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "5.21.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-36388",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432256,
  "published_at": "2021-06-17T19:15:07.793+00:00"
}