CVE-2020-28246 — formio
CRITICALCVE-2020-28246 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-74 vulnerability in formio. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
Server-Side Template Injection in formio
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2020-28246.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
formionpmDescription
A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) was discovered in Form.io 2.0.0. This leads to Remote Code Execution during deletion of the default Email template URL. NOTE: the email templating service was removed after 2020. Additionally, the vendor disputes this issue indicating this is sandboxed and only executable by admins.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | formio | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
form.ioformDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for formio, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of formio for CVE-2020-28246. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-28246 in your dependencies?
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