CVE-2020-17506

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 94%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 94%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
86(Track*)
EG Risk 86/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation94% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
94%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 12, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Locked Out | Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159267/Artica-Proxy-4.30.000000-Authentication-Bypass-Command-Injection.html
generic

Locked Out | Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158868/Artica-Proxy-4.3.0-Authentication-Bypass.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 1× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-19 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-05-23 03:47 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-05-23 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-48744
    First seen Aug 13, 2020

    Artica Proxy 4.3.0 - Authentication Bypass

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/linux/http/artica_proxy_auth_bypass_service_cmds_peform_command_injection✓ verified
    First seen Aug 9, 2020

    Artica proxy 4.30.000000 Auth Bypass service-cmds-peform Command Injection

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2020/CVE-2020-17506.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2020

    Artica Web Proxy 4.30 - Authentication Bypass/SQL Injection

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-17506?
CVE-2020-17506 is a critical vulnerability published on August 12, 2020. 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.
When was CVE-2020-17506 disclosed?
CVE-2020-17506 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 12, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-17506 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-17506 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 0.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-17506?
CVE-2020-17506 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-17506?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-17506, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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