Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes admin passwords being written in plaintext by AddAdmin.py in cms-dev/cms v1.4.rc1. If audit logs are accessible, someone with log access could learn sensitive credentials. The public record does not provide CVSS, a vendor advisory, or confirmed patch details.
Executive priority
Prioritize inventory and credential hygiene. This is not proven actively exploited in the supplied sources, but plaintext admin passwords in logs can turn ordinary log access into account compromise.
Technical view
The reported weakness is plaintext password exposure through audit logs in AddAdmin.py for cms-dev/cms v1.4.rc1. The source data does not include CWE, CVSS, complete CPEs, or remediation metadata. Treat the issue as credential disclosure until vendor guidance or repository history confirms the exact fixed version.
Likely exposure
Likely exposure is limited to deployments of cms-dev/cms v1.4.rc1 that use AddAdmin.py and retain readable audit logs. The structured affected-product data is incomplete, so asset validation should not rely only on CPE matching.
Exploitation context
No CISA KEV entry is cited, and the supplied sources do not confirm active exploitation. The practical risk is post-access credential recovery from logs rather than a remotely confirmed exploit path.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: one GitHub issue reference and CVE records, with unknown severity and incomplete affected-product metadata. Validate behavior in a controlled environment without exposing real credentials, then map repository commits or releases to remediation status.
Mitigation direction
- Check cms-dev/cms issue and release history for official remediation guidance.
- Restrict audit-log access to the smallest required administrator group.
- Rotate admin passwords that may have appeared in affected audit logs.
- Review log retention and purge exposed secrets where policy permits.
- Avoid affected AddAdmin.py workflows until fixed or compensating controls are verified.
Validation and detection
- Identify whether cms-dev/cms v1.4.rc1 is deployed anywhere.
- Confirm whether AddAdmin.py is present and used operationally.
- Review audit logs for plaintext password exposure indicators.
- Verify affected credentials were rotated after any suspected logging exposure.
- Confirm log access controls prevent broad operator or user access.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
Credential and access behavior lookup
The CVE wording references authentication or credential exposure, so valid-account and credential-access review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2020-24804 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
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://github.com/cms-dev/cms/issues/1160CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.