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CVE-2020-8644
CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV
Published 2020-02-05 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2020-8644 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in PlaySMS PlaySMS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns.
All 1 known-exploited PlaySMS vulnerabilities →Description
PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-94CWE-94
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: PlaySMS — PlaySMS
Name: PlaySMS Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Template-Injection-Code-Execution.html
- https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704
- https://playsms.org/2020/02/05/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/11/technical-advisory-playsms-pre-authentication-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8644/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Template-Injection-Code-Execution.html
- https://forum.playsms.org/t/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/2704
- https://playsms.org/2020/02/05/playsms-1-4-3-has-been-released/
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/11/technical-advisory-playsms-pre-authentication-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8644/

