CVE-2020-8644 on CISA KEV
PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
PlaySMS Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
— / PlaySMS / PlaySMS
CVSS / EPSS
— — · EPSS 94.00%
01What CISA says about this vulnerability
PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.
02Required action — verbatim from CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
03Notes & references
- playsms.org — https://playsms.org/2020/02/05/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/
- forum.playsms.org — https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704
- research.nccgroup.com — https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/11/technical-advisory-playsms-pre-authenti…
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Te…
04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters
This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.
05Affected products (summary)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
06Detection
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