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CVE-2020-24876

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key in Pancake versions < 4.13.29 allows an attacker to forge session cookies, which may lead to remote privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Pancakeapp Pancake: before 4.13.29 — fixed in 4.13.29

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pancakeapp Pancake 4.13.29. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.pancakeapp.com/blog/entry/pancake-4.13.29-released
• https://www.vaadata.com/blog/hardcoded-secret-leads-to-account-takeover/
• https://www.pancakeapp.com/blog/entry/pancake-4.13.29-released
• https://www.vaadata.com/blog/hardcoded-secret-leads-to-account-takeover/

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