# CVE-2020-11107: An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows. An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.

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## References

- https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50337
- https://github.com/Mohnad-AL-saif/Mohnad-AL-saif-CVE-2020-11107-XAMPP-Local-Privilege-Escalation
- https://github.com/S1lkys/CVE-2020-11107
- https://github.com/andripwn/CVE-2020-11107

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