What is CVE-2020-28865?

CVE-2020-28865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerjob, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-28865?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerjob

CVE-2020-28865

An issue was discovered in PowerJob through 3.2.2, allows attackers to change arbitrary user passwords via the id parameter to /appinfo/save.

Published 2022-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Powerjob

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

github.com/KFCFans/PowerJob/issues/99 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28865?: CVE-2020-28865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerjob, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-28865?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.