Critical
Security advisory
phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively numerical characters.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-8547
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively numerical characters.
osv:CVE-2020-8547
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2020-8547",
"summary": "phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively numerical characters.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8547",
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"severity": "critical",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.205597502Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47989"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 439031,
"published_at": "2020-02-03T16:15:12.077+00:00"
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