CVE-2020-8865

MEDIUM

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2020-8865.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a file inclusion vulnerability in Horde Webmail to achieve remote code execution by uploading a malicious .inc file to a temporary directory and then including it via a manipulated bookmark block parameter. The exploit chain involves authentication, file upload, and path traversal to trigger the inclusion.

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute local PHP files on affected installations of Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within edit.php. When parsing the params[template] parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the www-data user. Was ZDI-CAN-10469.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48209

This exploit leverages a file inclusion vulnerability in Horde Webmail to achieve remote code execution by uploading a malicious .inc file to a temporary directory and then including it via a manipulated bookmark block parameter. The exploit chain involves authentication, file upload, and path traversal to trigger the inclusion.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Horde Webmail (specific version not specified, but CVE-2020-8865 affects Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 and earlier)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials for the Horde Webmail application · Network access to the target application · Ability to upload files to the temporary directory
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48210

This exploit leverages PHAR deserialization in Horde Webmail to achieve remote code execution by uploading a malicious PHAR file, triggering its deserialization via a syndicated feed block, and executing arbitrary PHP code.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Horde Webmail (version not specified, but CVE-2020-8865 affects Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 and earlier)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials for Horde Webmail · Ability to upload files to the /tmp directory · PHP PHAR extension enabled on the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-276/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00009.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0681
EPSS Percentile 93.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-23
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
horde/groupware 5.2.22
Published Mar 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026