CVE-2020-8510 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in phpABook 0.9 Intermediate. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to any user account without a password by manipulating the 'userInfo' cookie on the login page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (KEV), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with exploit details available on GitHub, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpabook_project:phpabook:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.