High severity · published Dec 17, 2021
CVE-2020-18081
The checkuser function of SEMCMS 3.8 was discovered to contain a vulnerability which allows attackers to obtain the password in plaintext through a SQL query
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The checkuser function of SEMCMS 3.8 was discovered to contain a vulnerability which allows attackers to obtain the password in plaintext through a SQL query.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Semcms · Sem-cms
3.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18081
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-18081
Exploit
https://github.com/cve-vul/vul/blob/master/SEMCMS/backstage_access_control.md
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