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CVE-2020-7222

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

An issue was discovered in Amcrest Web Server 2.520.AC00.18.R 2017-06-29 WEB 3.2.1.453504. The login page responds with JavaScript when one tries to authenticate. An attacker who changes the result parameter (to true) in this JavaScript code can bypass authentication and achieve limited privileges (ability to see every option but not modify them).

Affected products

• Amcrest Web Server: 2.520.ac00.18.r

References

• https://sku11army.blogspot.com/2020/01/amcrest-2520ac0018r-login-bypass.html
• https://sku11army.blogspot.com/2020/01/amcrest-2520ac0018r-login-bypass.html

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