CVE-2020-22176
Published: 22 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-22176 is a high-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-14941
Vulnerability details
PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0 has a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in multiple areas. Remote unauthenticated users can exploit the vulnerability to obtain user sensitive information.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.
Identity providers centralize and enforce authentication mechanisms, reducing improper authentication.
Requires explicit authorization before any identifier can be assigned, preventing missing authorization.
Personnel screening, identity verification, and access-agreement requirements support reliable authentication and reduce authentication bypass opportunities.
Requiring explicit security roles and risk integration in the SDLC forces authentication mechanisms to be planned, documented, and validated instead of omitted or weakly implemented.
Decoy authentication surfaces detect bypass attempts and deflect real credential attacks through observable malicious interactions.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.