CVE-2020-8242 (GCVE-0-2020-8242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-18 17:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
Unsanitized user input in ExpressionEngine <= 5.4.0 control panel member creation leads to an SQL injection. The user needs member creation/admin control panel access to execute the attack.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - SQL Injection (CWE-89)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/968240 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a ExpressionEngine Affected: <= 5.4.0
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