CVE-2020-6949 - A privilege escalation issue was discovered in the postUser function in HashBrown CMS through 1.3.3

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HIGH

A privilege escalation issue was discovered in the postUser function in HashBrown CMS through 1.3.3

Published Jan 13, 2020

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.28%

Description

A privilege escalation issue was discovered in the postUser function in HashBrown CMS through 1.3.3. An editor user can change the password hash of an admin user's account, or otherwise reconfigure that account.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.28% 0.01281

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01281

Score over time

2021-2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (12 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.28% (0.01281)	69.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.28% (0.01281)	68.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00109)	44.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.11% (0.00109)	43.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00102)	40.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	9.03% (0.09029)	86.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.84% (0.01840)	47.83th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	1.84% (0.01840)	47.32th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	26.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1