CVE-2020-8242

HIGH 7.2CVE-2020-8242 · Published 18/02/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-8242 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting expressionengine (expressionengine).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.93%, higher than 60.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
expressionengine expressionengine	`≤ 5.4.0`	No fix yet

Description

Unsanitized user input in ExpressionEngine <= 5.4.0 control panel member creation leads to an SQL injection. The user needs member creation/admin control panel access to execute the attack.

References

hackerone.com/reports/968240 · Third Party Advisory

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