What is CVE-2020-14072?

CVE-2020-14072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mk-Auth, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-14072?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Mk-Auth

CVE-2020-14072

An issue was discovered in MK-AUTH 19.01. It allows command execution as root via shell metacharacters to /auth admin scripts.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-06-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mk-Auth — versions 19.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

mk-auth.com.br/page/changelog-1 (Vendor Advisory)
gist.github.com/merhawi023/a1155913df3cf0c17971b0fb7dcd8f20 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14072?: CVE-2020-14072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mk-Auth, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-14072?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.