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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13978

Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to modify .chunk.php files on the Edit Chunk screen, to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Theme Module by visiting the admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk URI. NOTE: there is no indication that the Edit Chunk feature was intended to prevent an administrator from using PHP's exec feature

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CVE-2020-13978
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31 Oct 2026, 10:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-13978

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2020, 14:15 UTC

Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to modify .chunk.php files on the Edit Chunk screen, to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Theme Module by visiting the admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk URI. NOTE: there is no indication that the Edit Chunk feature was intended to prevent an administrator from using PHP's exec feature

osv:CVE-2020-13978
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13978",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-13978",
    "summary": "Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to modify .chunk.php files on the Edit Chunk screen, to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Theme Module by visiting the admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk URI. NOTE: there is no indication that the Edit Chunk feature was intended to prevent an administrator from using PHP's exec feature",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13978",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:48.772116106Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/issues/464"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382981,
  "published_at": "2020-06-09T14:15:10.14+00:00"
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