PT-2020-20187 · Phpbook · Phpabook

Published 2020-02-03 · Updated 2020-02-06 · CVE-2020-8510

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpABook version 0.9 Intermediate

Description An issue allows login as any user without a password by setting a specific userInfo cookie value on the login page. The value admin+1+en (representing user+perms+lang) can be used to exploit this issue.

Recommendations For phpABook version 0.9 Intermediate, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the login page or validating the userInfo cookie to prevent unauthorized login.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8510

Affected Products

Phpabook

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8510 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://0xem.ma/cve/2020/01/31/CVE-2020-8510.html · Note
• https://sourceforge.net/p/phpabook/news · Note