What is CVE-2020-23451?

CVE-2020-23451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spiceworks, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-23451?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Spiceworks

CVE-2020-23451

Spiceworks Version <= 7.5.00107 is affected by CSRF which can lead to privilege escalation via "/settings/v1/users" function.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-09-15 · last modified 2026-07-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Spiceworks

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product)
abuyv.com/cve/spiceworks-csrf-via-xss (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23451?: CVE-2020-23451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spiceworks, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-23451?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.