CVE-2017-20028 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HumHub versions 0.20.1 and 1.0.0-beta.3. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain elevated privileges within the system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. Upgrading to HumHub version 1.0.0 is recommended to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:0.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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