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CVE-2020-8656

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2026-03-10 by GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2020-02-07
  • WeaknessCWE-89

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Description

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The EyesOfNetwork API 2.4.2 is prone to SQL injection, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform various tasks such as authentication bypass via the username field to getApiKey in include/api_functions.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-02-07Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2020-02-0700:15CVE publishedNVD
  3. 2026-03-1016:35Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2026-03-1016:35Exploitation 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-2020-8656?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-8656?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
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Versions per branch

NVD
Eyesofnetwork
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.3= 5.3-0no 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 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-48025EDB-48169
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/eyesofnetwork_autodiscovery_rcerank: 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
2020-02-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8656?

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The EyesOfNetwork API 2.4.2 is prone to SQL injection, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform various tasks such as authentication bypass via the username field to getApiKey in include/api_functions.php.

Is CVE-2020-8656 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-8656 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 84.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-8656?

CVE-2020-8656 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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