CVE-2020-8124

Exp

Insufficient validation and sanitization of user input exists in url-parse npm package version 1.4.4 and earlier may allow attacker to bypass security checks.

Published: 2020-02-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-8124 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-8124

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-8124

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 2026-04-01 0.06% 0.32% +0.26%
2 2026-03-04 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-8124

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-8124

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-8124

GHSA-46c4-8wrp-j99v · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Improper Validation and Sanitization in url-parse

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-8124

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-8124 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-url-parse), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8124
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8124
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-8124 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-url-parse), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, ignored 3, released 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-8124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
url-parse_project url-parse <= 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:url-parse_project:url-parse:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2020-8124

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https://hackerone.com/reports/496293 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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