Critical
Security advisory
Kunena before 5.0.4 does not restrict avatar file extensions to gif, jpeg, jpg, and png. This can lead to XSS and remote code execution.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-11020
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Kunena before 5.0.4 does not restrict avatar file extensions to gif, jpeg, jpg, and png. This can lead to XSS and remote code execution.
osv:CVE-2016-11020
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-11020",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2016-11020",
"summary": "Kunena before 5.0.4 does not restrict avatar file extensions to gif, jpeg, jpg, and png. This can lead to XSS and remote code execution.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-11020",
"products": [],
"severity": "critical",
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"aliases": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"5.0.0-Beta4",
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"5.0.0-Beta1",
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"4.0.0-Beta3",
"4.0.0-Beta2",
"4.0.0-Beta1",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:36.827980403Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.kunena.org/blog/179-kunena-5-0-4-released",
"https://www.kunena.org/bugs/changelog",
"https://github.com/Kunena/Kunena-Forum/pull/5028"
],
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},
"related_cves": [
{
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 379579,
"published_at": "2020-02-25T19:15:10.817+00:00"
}