What is CVE-2020-16629?

CVE-2020-16629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpok, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-16629?

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

Is CVE-2020-16629 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Phpok

CVE-2020-16629

PhpOK 5.4.137 contains a SQL injection vulnerability that can inject an attachment data through SQL, and then call the attachment replacement function through api.php to write a PHP file to the target path.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Phpok — versions 5.4.137
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16629?: CVE-2020-16629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpok, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-16629?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-16629 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.