CVE-2020-8242

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8242
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8242.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-8242
Published
2022-02-18T18:15:08.723Z
Modified
2026-07-08T17:57:06.488487Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Unsanitized user input in ExpressionEngine <= 5.4.0 control panel member creation leads to an SQL injection. The user needs member creation/admin control panel access to execute the attack.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/expressionengine/expressionengine

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/expressionengine/expressionengine
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "5.4.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

5.*
5.4.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8242.json"