What is CVE-2020-28183?

CVE-2020-28183 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Water Billing System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-28183?

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

SQL Injection in Water Billing System Project

CVE-2020-28183

SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Water Billing System 1.0 via the username and password parameters to process.php.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2020-11-17 · 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: 0.026 (84.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Water Billing System Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/sartlabs/0days/tree/main/WBS (Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49032 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
research-labs.net/search/exploits/water-billing-system-10-username-and-password… (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28183?: CVE-2020-28183 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Water Billing System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-28183?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.