An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3.
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.
- Published
- Feb 6, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 91.9% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-798
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Action score
97
Now
Patch today or shut off access.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 28 / 30 · 91.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
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Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 3, 2021. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: May 3, 2022.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| eyesofnetwork | eyesofnetwork | cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- eyesofnetwork eyesofnetwork5.3-0
Same product
eyesofnetwork: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-8655An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3.KEV79This week
- CVE-2020-9465An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork eonweb 5.1 through 5.3 before 5.3-3.64This week
- CVE-2020-8656An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3.64This week
- CVE-2020-8654An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3.62This week
- CVE-2021-27513The module admin_ITSM in EyesOfNetwork 5.3-10 allows remote authenticated users to upload arbitrary .xml.php files because it relies on "le 44Plan
- CVE-2021-40643EyesOfNetwork before 07-07-2021 has a Remote Code Execution vulnerability on the mail options configuration page.40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
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Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×2
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2020-03-05 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/linux/http/eyesofnetwork_autodiscovery_rceEyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Executionexploit | 2020-02-06 |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2020-8654 | — |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2020-8657 | — |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-1 d
- Published
- First PoC+27 d
- CISA KEV+635 d
- TodaySep 29, 2026+2427 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded CredentialsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-798 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";Fixed
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8657
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.