CVE-2020-29050

HIGH

SphinxSearch < 3.1.1 - Path Traversal via MySQL Client CALL SNIPPETS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29050
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00009.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0217
EPSS Percentile 80.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
sphinxsearch/sphinx < 3.1.1
Published Jan 10, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026