{"id":"CVE-2020-24876","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-24876","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:19:52.484Z","title":"Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key in Pancake versions < 4.13.29 allows an attacker to forge session cookies, which may lead to remote privilege escalation.","description":"Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key in Pancake versions < 4.13.29 allows an attacker to forge session cookies, which may lead to remote privilege escalation.","published":"2020-09-03T17:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:06:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["pancakeapp/pancake"],"epss":{"score":0.01738,"percentile":0.77543,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.pancakeapp.com/blog/entry/pancake-4.13.29-released","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.vaadata.com/blog/hardcoded-secret-leads-to-account-takeover/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.pancakeapp.com/blog/entry/pancake-4.13.29-released","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vaadata.com/blog/hardcoded-secret-leads-to-account-takeover/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24876","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}