CVE-2020-13945
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction...
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
CVE-2020-13945- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
CVE-2020-13945- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6132 No score
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
EUVD-2020-6132- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c538-784j-qcxc
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction...
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
GHSA-c538-784j-qcxc- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
CVE-2020-13945- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-apisix-2020-13945 No score
In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules. Eventually, the default token is allowed to access APISIX management data. This affects versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
- Record
BIT-apisix-2020-13945- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
apisixBitnami |
1.2.0 up to 1.5.1 | 1.5.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | APISIX Admin API default access token RCE | 2020-12-07 |
| Nuclei | Apache APISIX - Insufficiently Protected Credentials | |
| PoC in GitHub | CyberCTF/vulhub-apisix-cve-2020-13945 | 2026-10-08 |
| PoC in GitHub | YutuSec/Apisix_Crack | 2022-05-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-13945 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Apache Apisix, published December 7, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.6%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in apisix 1.5.1.