PlaySMS < 1.4.3 RCE (CVE-2020-8644)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 169490

Synopsis

The web application running on the remote web server is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in PlaySMS due to insufficient input of user supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands as the user who owns the PlaySMS process.

Solution

Upgrade to PlaySMS 1.4.3 or later

See Also

https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704

http://www.nessus.org/u?c62bd0a1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 169490

File Name: playsms_cve-2020-8644.nbin

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/4/2023

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8644

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:playsms:playsms

Required KB Items: installed_sw/PlaySMS

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PlaySMS index.php Unauthenticated Template Injection Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8644

CWE: 94