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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8644

PlaySMS Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability

Published Feb 5, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · PlaySMS PlaySMS

Patch now

CVE-2020-8644 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm PlaySMS PlaySMS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
86.69%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe playsms/playsms · vendor PlaySMS PlaySMS

PlaySMS contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe playsms/playsmsversion unspecified
  • vendor PlaySMS PlaySMSversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-8644

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-8644 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm PlaySMS PlaySMS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 86.69%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 5, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    PlaySMS contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    PlaySMS contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8644

    PlaySMS contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8644

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8644

    30-day exploitation probability 86.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48335

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/http/playsms_template_injection

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8644

    PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157106/PlaySMS-index.php-Unauthenticated-Template-Injection-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8644

    PlaySMS contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.