Critical
Security advisory
In Fat-Free Framework 3.7.1, attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution if developers choose to pass user controlled input (e.g., $_REQUEST, $_GET, or $_POST) to the framework's Clear method.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5203
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Fat-Free Framework 3.7.1, attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution if developers choose to pass user controlled input (e.g., $_REQUEST, $_GET, or $_POST) to the framework's Clear method.
osv:CVE-2020-5203
Complete source record
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