CVE-2020-37123

CRITICAL EPSS 86.3%
Published Feb 5, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.3 CVSS 4.0
Critical
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Published Feb 5, 2026 4mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Pinger 1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to inject shell commands through the ping and socket parameters. Attackers can exploit the unsanitized input in ping.php to write arbitrary PHP files and execute system commands by appending shell metacharacters.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.3
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
86.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/wcchandler/pinger
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48323
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pinger-remote-code-execution

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.