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CVE-2020-18889

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-18889 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting puppyCMS v5.1, allowing an attacker to change an administrator's password through the /admin/settings.php endpoint. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, with a high impact on integrity (password change) but no impact on confidentiality or availability. While the vulnerability is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and has no known public exploits or community discussion, its presence in an administrative function poses a significant risk if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppycms:puppycms:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / choregus/puppyCMS/issues/13
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory