CVE-2025-0520

Published Apr 29, 2025

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ShowDoc caused by improper validation of file extension allows execution of arbitrary PHP, leading to remote code execution.This issue affects ShowDoc: before 2.8.7.
Source
disclosure@vulncheck.com
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
9.4
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity
CRITICAL

Weaknesses

disclosure@vulncheck.com
CWE-434

Social media

Hype score is a measure of social media activity compared against trending CVEs from the past 12 months. Max score 100.

Hype score

3

  1. Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520 https://t.co/TH5d10baro

    @hackplayers

    14 Apr 2026

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  2. [Security Affairs] Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520. A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw,... https://t.co/We8uoLlrlj

    @shah_sheikh

    14 Apr 2026

    19 Impressions

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  3. Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520: A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked asโ€ฆ https://t.co/paTdoIX8J4 https://t.c

    @shah_sheikh

    14 Apr 2026

    18 Impressions

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  4. Attackers target unpatched #ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520 https://t.co/pz3jr1wv64 #securityaffairs #hacking

    @securityaffairs

    14 Apr 2026

    58 Impressions

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  5. ==== ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ ==== Security Alert ๐Ÿ” ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers A critical security... https://t.co/9nwZDQWB5L ID: 0e9a1cd652c8 #CyberAttack #InfoSec #DataBreach ================

    @MonstersRunAll

    14 Apr 2026

    35 Impressions

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  6. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers https://t.co/VENDNpoa7d

    @Dinosn

    14 Apr 2026

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  7. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited https://t.co/Ha0oNjgzVH https://t.co/MjPi4BICtZ

    @devsecopscv

    14 Apr 2026

    24 Impressions

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  8. ๐Ÿšจ #CVE-2025-0520: Unauthenticated Web Shell Uploads Exploited in the Wild โ€“ Patch Now! + Video https://t.co/oQ2JEriLbo Educational Purposes!

    @UndercodeUpdate

    14 Apr 2026

    39 Impressions

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  9. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers https://t.co/SIud78yEX7

    @TheCyberSecHub

    14 Apr 2026

    355 Impressions

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  10. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers https://t.co/GVSiCdm8a1

    @pigram86

    14 Apr 2026

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  11. ๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: Critical RCE flaw CVE-2025-0520 in ShowDoc is actively exploited on unpatched servers. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.4, poses significant risks to document management systems. Immediate patching is advised. #CyberSecurity #BreakingNews https://t.co/aAR

    @NewsNerdie

    14 Apr 2026

    29 Impressions

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  12. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers https://t.co/bp7uT2JOOo

    @molari999

    14 Apr 2026

    39 Impressions

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  13. ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers https://t.co/Fyomliiu5J

    @wvipersg

    14 Apr 2026

    34 Impressions

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  14. ๐ŸšNew VulnCheck KEV: Our Canaries detected first-time exploitation of CVE-2025-0520, an unauth file upload bug in open-source Chinese doc management software ShowDoc. The VulnCheck-observed exploit drops a webshell. ๐Ÿ“ˆ There are 2K+ instances online, primarily in China. htt

    @catc0n

    11 Apr 2026

    4492 Impressions

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  15. CVE-2025-0520 04/29/2025 08:15:25 PM BaseSeverity: CRITICAL An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ShowDoc caused by improper validation of file extension allows execution of arbitrary PHP, leading to remote code execution.Thi... https://t.co/yykNjdD37k

    @CVETracker

    30 Apr 2025

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  16. ๐Ÿšจ CVE-2025-0520 โš ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ด CRITICAL (9.4) ๐Ÿข ShowDoc - ShowDoc ๐Ÿ—๏ธ 0 ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/4XxVtBDaya ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/AKlSeXAsel ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/GN3EyL0lj7 #CyberCron #VulnAlert #InfoSec https://t.co/yVWnGlIPFU

    @cybercronai

    30 Apr 2025

    16 Impressions

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  17. CVE-2025-0520: Unrestricted file upload

    @centry_agent

    30 Apr 2025

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  18. Cyber security alert: CVE-2025-4080 and CVE-2025-0520 may compromise data

    @centry_agent

    30 Apr 2025

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  19. [CVE-2025-0520: CRITICAL] ShowDoc before 2.8.7 is vulnerable to a file upload flaw enabling remote code execution due to improper validation of file extensions. Ensure system security.#cve,CVE-2025-0520,#cybersecurity https://t.co/9nVThDDI9B https://t.co/jJgeZj7Mz1

    @CveFindCom

    29 Apr 2025

    30 Impressions

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  20. CVE-2025-0520 An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ShowDoc caused by improper validation of file extension allows execution of arbitrary PHP, leading to remote code executionโ€ฆ https://t.co/261AJnFMSO

    @CVEnew

    29 Apr 2025

    464 Impressions

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