PT-2022-9064 · Ellislab · Expressionengine

Khoabda1 · Published 2022-02-18 · Updated 2022-02-28 · CVE-2020-8242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ExpressionEngine versions prior to 5.4.0

Description The issue arises from unsanitized user input in the control panel member creation functionality, leading to an SQL injection. An attacker would need access to the member creation/admin control panel to execute the attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.4.0, update to version 5.4.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8242

Affected Products

Expressionengine

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8242 · Security Note
• https://hackerone.com/reports/968240 · Note