CVE-2020-17506
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web...
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
- Record
CVE-2020-17506- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
- Record
CVE-2020-17506- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9454 No score
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
- Record
EUVD-2020-9454- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvgw-6rmv-pw7c
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web...
Artica Web Proxy 4.30.00000000 allows remote attacker to bypass privilege detection and gain web backend administrator privileges through SQL injection of the apikey parameter in fw.login.php.
- Record
GHSA-jvgw-6rmv-pw7c- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Artica Proxy 4.3.0 - Authentication Bypass | 2020-08-13 |
| Metasploit | Artica proxy 4.30.000000 Auth Bypass service-cmds-peform Command Injection | 2020-08-09 |
| Nuclei | Artica Web Proxy 4.30 - Authentication Bypass/SQL Injection |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17506 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Articatech Web Proxy, published August 12, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.0%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blog.max0x4141.com/post/artica_proxy
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158868/Artica-Proxy-4.3.0-Authentication-Bypass.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17506
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvgw-6rmv-pw7c