Vulnerability · CVE-2020-10221
rConfig OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Published Mar 8, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · rConfig rConfig
Patch now
CVE-2020-10221 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm rConfig rConfig against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 77.12%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe rconfig/rconfig · vendor rConfig rConfig
rConfig lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
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- cpe rconfig/rconfigversion unspecified
- vendor rConfig rConfigversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2020-10221
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 3, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2020-10221 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm rConfig rConfig against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 77.12%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 8, 2020 · Catalog
Detected
rConfig lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
rConfig lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-10221
rConfig lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-10221
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-10221
30-day exploitation probability 77.1%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48207
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-10221
lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php in rConfig through 3.94 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
nvd.nist.gov - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156687/rConfig-3.93-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-10221
rConfig lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute OS commands via shell metacharacters in the fileName POST parameter.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.