{"id":"CVE-2020-8495","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-8495","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:01.070Z","title":"In Kronos Web Time and Attendance (webTA) 3.8.x and later 3.x versions before 4.0, the com.threeis.webta.H491delegate servlet allows an attacker with Timekeeper or Supervisor privileges to gain unauthorized administrative privileges within the…","description":"In Kronos Web Time and Attendance (webTA) 3.8.x and later 3.x versions before 4.0, the com.threeis.webta.H491delegate servlet allows an attacker with Timekeeper or Supervisor privileges to gain unauthorized administrative privileges within the application via the delegate, delegateRole, and delegatorUserId parameters.","published":"2020-01-30T22:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:26:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["kronos/web time and attendance"],"epss":{"score":0.03138,"percentile":0.87812,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2020-02-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":48001,"kind":"exploit","title":"Kronos WebTA 4.0 - Authenticated Remote Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48001","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/java/webapps/48001.py","file":"exploits/java/webapps/48001.py","published":"2020-02-05","added":"2020-02-05","updated":"2020-02-05","author":"nxkennedy","type":"webapps","platform":"java","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-8495","CVE-2020-8493"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156215/Kronos-WebTA-4.0-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.nolanbkennedy.com/post/privilege-escalation-in-kronos-web-time-and-attendance-webta","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.kronos.com/products/kronos-webta","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156215/Kronos-WebTA-4.0-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.nolanbkennedy.com/post/privilege-escalation-in-kronos-web-time-and-attendance-webta","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.kronos.com/products/kronos-webta","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8495","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."}