CVE-2020-12839 — ismartgate PRO 1

ismartgate PRO 1.5.9 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by appending PHP code to /cron/checkExpirationDate.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

ismartgate PRO 1.5.9 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by appending PHP code to /cron/checkExpirationDate.php.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-09-24T15:16:51.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:04:23.015Z

09References

• ismartgate.com — https://ismartgate.com/secure-garage-door/
• kth.diva-portal.org — https://kth.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1464458/FULLTEXT01.pdf