CVE-2020-23830

Exp

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in changeUsername.php in SourceCodester Stock Management System v1.0 allows remote attackers to deny future logins by changing an authenticated victim's username when they visit a third-party site.

Published: 2020-09-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-23830 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-23830

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-23830

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.13% 0.17% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.13% -0.03%
3 2024-02-23 0.15%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-23830

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 4.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-23830

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-23830

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
stock_management_system_project stock_management_system 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:stock_management_system_project:stock_management_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-23830

URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48783 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14366/stock-management-system-php.html Product Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence