CVE-2013-20005

Qool CMS 2.0 RC2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via adduser

Medium6.9Public exploitEPSS 0.25%

Published: 15 Mar 2026
Updated: 16 Mar 2026
Reserved: 15 Mar 2026
Assigned by: VulnCheck

Description

Qool CMS 2.0 RC2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious web pages. Attackers can forge POST requests to the /admin/adduser endpoint with parameters like username, password, email, and level to create root-level user accounts without user consent.

Public exploit

A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.

ExploitDB-24627 (opens in a new tab)exploit

Timeline

2026
15 Mar 2026
15 Mar 2026
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
15 Mar 2026
15 Mar 2026
Published
16 Mar 20261 day later
16 Mar 2026· 1 day later
Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2013-20005, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	4.0	Medium6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Deferred	4.0	Medium6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

Qool · Qool CMS
- affected 2.0

References (3)

ExploitDB-24627 (opens in a new tab)exploit
Vulnerability Advisory (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Qool CMS 2.0 RC2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via adduser (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 16 Mar 2026, 14:20 UTC.