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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7988

An issue was discovered in tools/pass-change/result.php in phpIPAM 1.4. CSRF can be used to change the password of any user/admin, to escalate privileges, and to gain access to more data and functionality. This issue exists due to the lack of a requirement to provide the old password, and the lack of security tokens.

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CVE-2020-7988
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1 Nov 2026, 05:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7988

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Mar 2020, 17:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in tools/pass-change/result.php in phpIPAM 1.4. CSRF can be used to change the password of any user/admin, to escalate privileges, and to gain access to more data and functionality. This issue exists due to the lack of a requirement to provide the old password, and the lack of security tokens.

osv:CVE-2020-7988
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7988",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-7988",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in tools/pass-change/result.php in phpIPAM 1.4. CSRF can be used to change the password of any user/admin, to escalate privileges, and to gain access to more data and functionality. This issue exists due to the lack of a requirement to provide the old password, and the lack of security tokens.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7988",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/phpipam/phpipam",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "29babcfe15a9179faa9e5407a309c5e50f3a8f63"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpipam:phpipam:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7988.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.782075560Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://phpipam.net/news/phpipam-v1-5-released/",
        "https://pastebin.com/ZPECbgZb"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-7988",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433373,
  "published_at": "2020-03-04T17:15:11.83+00:00"
}