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CVE-2020-8657

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8657 is a critical vulnerability affecting EyesOfNetwork versions 5.1 through 5.3, stemming from a hardcoded API key used across all installations. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to easily calculate or guess the administrative access token. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it permits remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
91.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: EyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution · Feb 6, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-8657 · Sep 22, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-48169 · Mar 5, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9187 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17
Third Party Advisory