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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 84.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- EyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/eyesofnetwork_autodiscovery_rceRank excellentdisclosed 6 Feb 2020
Nuclei templates1 template
- EyesOfNetwork - Hardcoded API Key & SQL Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-8656.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- EyesOfNetwork - AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48169remote, multiplepublished 5 Mar 2020Verified
- EyesOfNetwork 5.3 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48025webapps, phppublished 7 Feb 2020Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 84.6% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-29504 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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