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CVE-2020-17506

Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
August 12, 2020
Published Date
August 12, 2020
Last Updated
August 04, 2024
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Description
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
Tags
nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-08-02 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://blog.max0x4141.com/post/artica_proxy/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158868/Artica-Proxy-4.3.0-Authentication-Bypass.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159267/Artica-Proxy-4.30.000000-Authentication-Bypass-Command-Injection.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-08-02 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/artica_proxy_auth_bypass_service_cmds_peform_command_injection.rb 2025-04-28 15:02:05 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-17506.yaml 2025-04-25 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-17506

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Added to KEVIntel