Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a hard-coded credential issue that can allow access to an admin panel in projectworlds Online Book Store 1.0. If this software is deployed, treat it as an access-control weakness until vendor or project guidance is confirmed.
Executive priority
Prioritize discovery first. If the application is present, handle it as a high-impact access risk because administrative access may be exposed, but the published CVE record lacks severity scoring and patch detail.
Technical view
The CVE text reports hard-coded credentials in source code leading to admin panel access. The structured CVE data does not provide CVSS, CWE, CPE, affected vendor/product fields, exploit status, or a named patch.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running projectworlds Online Book Store 1.0, especially where the admin panel is reachable from untrusted networks.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Public references describe the issue, but the bundle does not provide validated exploit prevalence or exploitation telemetry.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE description is concise, affected fields are listed as n/a, and no CVSS or CWE is present. Avoid assuming broader product impact beyond the named Online Book Store 1.0 reference.
Mitigation direction
- Confirm whether projectworlds Online Book Store 1.0 is deployed anywhere.
- Check vendor or project guidance for any official fix or updated release.
- Remove or replace hard-coded credentials where maintainers provide safe guidance.
- Restrict admin panel access to trusted networks and authenticated administrators.
- Rotate related administrative credentials if this application was deployed.
Validation and detection
- Inventory internet-facing and internal deployments for this application and version.
- Review source and configuration for hard-coded administrative credentials.
- Confirm the admin panel is not publicly reachable.
- Review admin access logs for unexpected successful logins.
- Document whether any vendor or project remediation is available.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://medium.com/%40th3cyb3rc0p/cve-2020-24115-use-of-hardcoded-credentials-in-source-code-leads-to-admin-panel-access-77e5028ec9afCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://systemweakness.com/cve-2020-24115-use-of-hardcoded-credentials-in-source-code-leads-to-admin-panel-access-77e5028ec9afCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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