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CVE-2020-17506

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-10-14 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2020-08-12
  • WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

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Description

Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-08-1217:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2020-08-13Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2023-10-1415:54Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-10-1415:54Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-17506?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-17506?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

NVD
Articatech web proxy
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.30= 4.30.000000no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-48744
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/artica_proxy_auth_bypass_service_cmds_peform_command_injectionrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-08-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17506?

Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.

Is CVE-2020-17506 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-17506 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 94.0% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-17506?

CVE-2020-17506 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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