CVE-2020-5616 Auth bypass in [Calendar01], [Calendar02], [PKOBO-News01], [PKOBO-vote01], [Telop01], [Gallery01], [CalendarForm01], and [Link01]

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication to log in with administrative privileges in multiple PHP Factory plugins.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-5616?

CVE-2020-5616 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in PHP Factory [Calendar01], [Calendar02], [PKOBO-News01], [PKOBO-vote01], [Telop01], [Gallery01], [CalendarForm01], and [Link01], published on 4 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

[Calendar01], [Calendar02], [PKOBO-News01], [PKOBO-vote01], [Telop01], [Gallery01], [CalendarForm01], and [Link01] [Calendar01] free edition ver1.0.0, [Calendar02] free edition ver1.0.0, [PKOBO-News01] free edition ver1.0.3 and earlier, [PKOBO-vote01] free edition ver1.0.1 and earlier, [Telop01] free edition ver1.0.0, [Gallery01] free edition ver1.0.3 and earlier, [CalendarForm01] free edition ver1.0.3 and earlier, and [Link01] free edition ver1.0.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and log in to the product with administrative privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5616?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Calendar01 Project Calendar01, Calendar02 Project Calendar02, Calendarform01 Project Calendarform01, Gallery01 Project Gallery01, Link01 Project Link01, Pkobo-News01 Project Pkobo-News01 and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2020-5616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-73rh-fgwv-4hpw.

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