CVE-2020-8242

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 7.2

Description

Unsanitized user input in ExpressionEngine <= 5.4.0 control panel member creation leads to an SQL injection. The user needs member creation/admin control panel access to execute the attack.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-8242

Assigner
support@hackerone.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-02-18T18:15:08

Last Modified Date
2022-02-28T18:52:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-89	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine::::::::	1	OR		5.4.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.2

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/968240	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8242
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8242

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 15:48:20				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 10:07:30	cve-assignments@hackerone.com	support@hackerone.com	CVE Assigner	updated
2022-12-06 10:07:30	2022-02-18T18:15Z	2022-02-18T18:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 10:07:30		2022-02-28T18:52:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 10:07:30		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated