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CVE-2020-8547 (GCVE-0-2020-8547)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-03 15:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47989 x_refsource_MISC
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