Privilege escalation in Hashbrowncms Hashbrown Cms
CVE-2020-6949
A privilege escalation issue was discovered in the postUser function in HashBrown CMS through 1.3.3. An editor user can change the password hash of an admin user's account, or otherwise reconfigure that account.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.013 (67.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Hashbrowncms Hashbrown_cms
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6949?
- CVE-2020-6949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashbrowncms Hashbrown Cms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-13.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6949?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-6949 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.