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CVE-2020-17506

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17506 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting Artica Web Proxy version 4.30.00000000, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain full web backend administrator privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability requires no user interaction or prior authentication, making it easily exploitable with severe consequences including complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is readily available through Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite the availability of exploits, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.30.000000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:articatech:web_proxy:4.30.000000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
93.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Artica proxy 4.30.000000 Auth Bypass service-cmds-peform Command Injection · Aug 9, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-17506 · Aug 20, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48744 · Aug 13, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9397 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158868/Artica-Proxy-4.3.0-Authentication-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/159267/Artica-Proxy-4.30.000000-Authentication-Bypass-Command-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
blog.max0x4141.com / post/artica_proxy
ExploitThird Party Advisory