Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-8547

Title: Phplist

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2020-8547

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 03, 2020

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8547: phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively numerical characters.

Impacted Vendors

phplist 1

paul_beaney 1

Reference Links

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47989 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47989

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-8547 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47989

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 03, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.