In Artica Pandora FMS through 7.42, an unauthenticated attacker can read the chat history.

published 2020-03-23 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29363

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.8%; EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

In Artica Pandora FMS through 7.42, an unauthenticated attacker can read the chat history. The file is in JSON format and it contains user names, user IDs, private messages, and timestamps.

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Exploit prediction

4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template Artica Pandora FMS <=7.42 - Arbitrary File Read nuclei detection template
k4m1ll0.com https://k4m1ll0.com/cve-2020-8497.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

k4m1ll0.com /cve-2020-8497.html
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8497
NVD CVE-2020-8497

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