{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "7.2.16"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "260468acea4651c4721ec6fd3fa5f233deea2bca"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/php/php-src",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Chadha PHPKB 9.0 Enterprise Edition. installer/test-connection.php (part of the installation process) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose local files on hosts running PHP before 7.2.16, or on hosts where the MySQL ALLOW LOCAL DATA INFILE option is enabled.",
  "id": "CVE-2020-11579",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T13:50:08.850442553Z",
  "published": "2020-09-03T18:15:12.707Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.phpkb.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://shielder.it/"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ShielderSec/CVE-2020-11579"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.shielder.it/blog/mysql-and-cve-2020-11579-exploitation/"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}