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CVE-2020-28172

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

A SQL injection vulnerability in Simple College Website 1.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to bypass the admin authentication mechanism in college_website/admin/ajax.php?action=login, thus gaining access to the website administrative panel.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Simple College Project — Simple College

CWEs

References

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