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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-8547 json

phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes th…

published 2020-02-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-phplist-2020-8547 , EUVD-2020-29413

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.9%
EPSS 5.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively numerical characters.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-47989)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47989 phpList 3.5.0 - Authentication Bypass webapps, 2020-02-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami phplist
>=3.5.0, <=3.5.0
no fix listed

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.