The web interface on Supermicro X10DRH-iT motherboards with BIOS 2.0a and IPMI firmware 03.40 allows remote attackers to exploit a cgi/conf…

published 2020-06-24 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7174

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

The web interface on Supermicro X10DRH-iT motherboards with BIOS 2.0a and IPMI firmware 03.40 allows remote attackers to exploit a cgi/config_user.cgi CSRF issue to add new admin users. The fixed versions are BIOS 3.2 and firmware 03.88.

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Timeline

2020-06-24 Published
2020-07-08 First public exploit (EDB-48652)

Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-48668 SuperMicro IPMI WebInterface 03.40 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Admin) webapps, 2020-07-15
EDB-48652 SuperMicro IPMI 03.40 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Admin) webapps, 2020-07-08
totalpentest.com https://www.totalpentest.com/post/supermicro-ipmi-webgui-cross-site-request-forgery referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158373/SuperMicro-IPMI-03.40-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

totalpentest.com /post/supermicro-ipmi-webgui-cross-site-request-forgery
exploit, third-party-advisory, url-repurposed
packetstormsecurity.com /files/158373/SuperMicro-IPMI-03.40-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-15046
NVD CVE-2020-15046

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