CVE-2020-8644 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

The EPSS score is 0.93148.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Playsms	Playsms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:playsms:playsms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Template-Injection-Code-Execution.html
https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704
https://playsms.org/2020/02/05/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/
https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/11/technical-advisory-playsms-pre-authentication-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8644/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8644

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8644

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8644

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8644

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-02-05T21:03:11.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:52.570Z

Reserved: 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8644

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:46.324Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-05T22:15:11.003

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:13.740

Link: CVE-2020-8644

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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