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CVE-2020-26546 (GCVE-0-2020-26546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-12 18:59 – Updated: 2025-05-30 16:01 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in HelpDeskZ 1.0.2. The feature to auto-login a user, via the RememberMe functionality, is prone to SQL injection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-26 19:59 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2020-09-20 00:00
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