Unauthenticated code execution via executable PHP upload
Published Dec 5, 2025 · Updated Apr 7, 2026
Unrestricted file upload in ReQuest Serious Play F3 Media Server allows remote attackers to execute code as the web server user. The hidden /tools/upload.html Quick File Uploader posts attacker-controlled PHP to /shared/upload.php, which stores it below the web-accessible /MP3/ path. No authentication or user interaction is required; requesting the uploaded script executes arbitrary commands with the Apache account's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in ReQuest Serious Play F3 Media Server allows remote attackers to execute code as the web server user. The hidden /tools/upload.html Quick File Uploader posts attacker-controlled PHP to /shared/upload.php, which stores it below the web-accessible /MP3/ path. No authentication or user interaction is required; requesting the uploaded script executes arbitrary commands with the Apache account's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36877
- Published
- Dec 5, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 7, 2026
- Vendor
- ReQuest Serious Play LLC
- Product
- ReQuest Serious Play F3 Media Server
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 7, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.0.1.823
- Affected versionversion=6.3.2.4203
- Affected versionversion=6.4.2.4681
- Affected versionversion=6.5.2.4954
- Affected versionversion=7.0.2.4954
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- ReQuest Serious Play F3 Media Server 7.0.3 Remote Code Executionfunctional · demonstrated
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