Drupal core does not properly sanitize certain filenames on uploaded files, which can lead to files being interpreted as the incorrect extension and served as the wrong MIME type or executed as PHP for certain hosting configurations. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.8, 8.9 versions prior to 8.9.9, 8.8 versions prior to 8.8.11, and 7 versions prior to 7.74.
CVE-2020-13671
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-18), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
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- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 9.0(high)
- EPSS
- 90.1%
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
Published
November 20, 2020
Last Modified
November 3, 2025
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-13671Drupal core - Critical - Remote code execution - SA-CORE-2020-012 | Drupal.org
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-012[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: drupal8-8.9.11-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: drupal8-8.9.11-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | drupal7 (7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-07-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | drupal7 (7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm2) @ trusty | 2026-07-22 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| drupal/core | — | 7.74 | — |
| drupal/drupal | 9.0.0 ... 9.0.7 (8 versions) | 9.0.8 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(2)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 45× in last 7d / 187× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
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