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CVE-2020-5292: Time-based blind injection in Leantime

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Leantime before versions 2.0.15 and 2.1-beta3 has a SQL Injection vulnerability. The impact is high. Malicious users/attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries negatively affecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site. Attackers can exfiltrate data like the users' and administrators' password hashes, modify data, or drop tables. The unescaped parameter is "searchUsers" when sending a POST request to "/tickets/showKanban" with a valid session. In the code, the parameter is named "users" in class.tickets.php. This issue is fixed in versions 2.0.15 and 2.1.0 beta 3.

Affected products

• Leantime: before 2.0.15 — fixed in 2.0.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Leantime 2.0.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/commit/af0807f0b2c4c3c914b93f1c5d940e6b875f231f
• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/pull/181
• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/security/advisories/GHSA-ww6x-rhvp-55hp
• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/commit/af0807f0b2c4c3c914b93f1c5d940e6b875f231f
• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/pull/181
• https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/security/advisories/GHSA-ww6x-rhvp-55hp

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