CVE-2020-35847 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability. 4 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-35847 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 394,415 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php resetpassword function.
Affected Products
cockpitagentejoResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Cockpit CMS 0.11.1 - 'Username Enumeration & Password Reset' NoSQL Injection
by Brian Ombongi · Aug 10, 2021
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Fix
Upgrade the affected component to the fixed release for CVE-2020-35847, or apply your distribution's backported patch — distro builds are often patched at an older version number, so check your vendor's advisory rather than the upstream version alone.
Workarounds
Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.
How to detect CVE-2020-35847
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2020-35847 -u https://target- Template
- Agentejo Cockpit <0.11.2 - NoSQL Injection
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary NoSQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or denial of service.
- Remediation
- Upgrade Agentejo Cockpit to version 0.11.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (dwisiswant0), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
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