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CVE-2020-8644

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

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 05, 2020
Published Date
February 05, 2020
Last Updated
October 21, 2025
Vendor
PlaySMS
Product
PlaySMS
Description
PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://playsms.org/2020/02/05/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/ https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704 https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/11/technical-advisory-playsms-pre-authentication-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8644/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Template-Injection-Code-Execution.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/playsms_template_injection.rb 2025-04-28 15:02:21 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-8644.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.

playsms_template_injection

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-8644

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit