CVE-2020-8495 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Kronos Web Time and Attendance (webTA) versions 3.8.x and later 3.x before 4.0. An attacker with Timekeeper or Supervisor privileges can exploit a servlet to gain unauthorized administrative access within the application. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.8, < 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kronos:web_time_and_attendance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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