CVE-2020-12078

HIGH

Open-AudIT 3.3.1 - OS Command Injection via Discovery Settings Exclude IP Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2020-12078. PoCs published by mhaskar, 84KaliPleXon3.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets Open-AudIT Professional v3.3.1 by injecting a reverse shell payload into the configuration settings and triggering it via a discovery scan. It requires authentication and uses a PATCH request to modify settings, followed by a discovery execution to achieve RCE.

Description

An issue was discovered in Open-AudIT 3.3.1. There is shell metacharacter injection via attributes to an open-audit/configuration/ URI. An attacker can exploit this by adding an excluded IP address to the global discovery settings (internally called exclude_ip). This exclude_ip value is passed to the exec function in the discoveries_helper.php file (inside the all_ip_list function) without being filtered, which means that the attacker can provide a payload instead of a valid IP address.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 18 stars
by mhaskar · poc
https://github.com/mhaskar/CVE-2020-12078

This exploit targets Open-AudIT Professional v3.3.1 by injecting a reverse shell payload into the configuration settings and triggering it via a discovery scan. It requires authentication and uses a PATCH request to modify settings, followed by a discovery execution to achieve RCE.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open-AudIT Professional v3.3.1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials for Open-AudIT · Network access to the target · Netcat listener for reverse shell
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC
by 84KaliPleXon3 · poc
https://github.com/84KaliPleXon3/CVE-2020-12078

This exploit targets Open-AudIT Professional v3.3.1 by injecting a reverse shell payload into the configuration settings and triggering it via a discovery scan. It requires authentication and uses a PATCH request to modify configuration followed by a discovery execution to achieve RCE.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open-AudIT Professional v3.3.1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials for Open-AudIT · Network access to the target · Netcat listener for reverse shell
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1000
EPSS Percentile 95.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
opmantek/open-audit 3.3.1
Published Apr 28, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026