What is CVE-2020-16253?

CVE-2020-16253 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pghero Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-16253?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

CSRF in Pghero Project

CVE-2020-16253

The PgHero gem through 2.6.0 for Ruby allows CSRF.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pghero Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

github.com/ankane/pghero/ (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ankane/pghero/issues/330 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16253?: CVE-2020-16253 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pghero Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-16253?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.