CVE-2020-28172

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2020-28172 · Published 31/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-28172 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting simple college (simple college project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple college simple_college_project	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

dl.packetstormsecurity.net/2010-exploits/simplecollegewebsite10-sqlexec.txt · Exploit
yunaranyancat/poc-dump · Exploit
sourcecodester.com/php/14548/simple-college-website-using-htmlphpmysqli-source-code.html · Product
sourcecodester.com/sites/default/files/download/oretnom23/simple-college-website.zip · Third Party Advisory

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