What is CVE-2020-17901?

CVE-2020-17901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pbootcms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-17901?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Pbootcms

CVE-2020-17901

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in PbootCMS 1.3.2 allows attackers to change the password of a user.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pbootcms — versions 1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/AvaterXXX/PbootCMS/blob/master/CSRF.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17901?: CVE-2020-17901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pbootcms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-17901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.