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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-9425 · published 20 March 2020

CVE-2020-9425: Rconfig vulnerability

Rconfig · Rconfig

An issue was discovered in includes/head.inc.php in rConfig before 3.9.4. An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve saved cleartext credentials via a GET request to settings.php. Because the application was not exiting after a redirect is applied, the rest of the page still executed, resulting in the disclosure of cleartext credentials in the response.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-670 · CWE-670
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in includes/head.inc.php in rConfig before 3.9.4. An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve saved cleartext credentials via a GET request to settings.php. Because the application was not exiting after a redirect is applied, the rest of the page still executed, resulting in the disclosure of cleartext credentials in the response.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://blog.hivint.com/rconfig-3-9-3-unauthenticated-sensitive-information-disclosure-ead4ed88f153 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig/commit/20f4e3d87e84663d922b937842fddd9af1b68dd9 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://blog.hivint.com/rconfig-3-9-3-unauthenticated-sensitive-information-disclosure-ead4ed88f153 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig/commit/20f4e3d87e84663d922b937842fddd9af1b68dd9 PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-9425), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.