CVE-2020-36062
📋 TL;DR
Dairy Farm Shop Management System v1.0 contains hardcoded credentials in its source code, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the control panel. This affects all installations of this specific software version. Attackers can compromise the entire system if these credentials are discovered.
💻 Affected Systems
- Dairy Farm Shop Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system takeover with administrative privileges, allowing data theft, system modification, or deployment of additional malware.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to administrative functions, potential data exfiltration, and system configuration changes.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if system is isolated, not internet-facing, and has additional authentication layers.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires finding the hardcoded credentials in source code or using known default credentials.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Contact vendor for updated version. 2. If no patch available, implement workarounds. 3. Remove hardcoded credentials from source code manually.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Remove Hardcoded Credentials
linuxManually locate and remove hardcoded credentials from PHP source files.
grep -r 'password\|username\|admin' /path/to/dairy-farm-system/ --include='*.php'
Implement Additional Authentication
allAdd multi-factor authentication or IP whitelisting to control panel access.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate system from internet and restrict network access
- Implement strict network segmentation and monitor for unauthorized access attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Search source code for hardcoded credentials using grep: grep -r 'password\|admin' /path/to/installation/ --include='*.php'Check Version:
Check version in documentation or configuration files; no standard command available.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify hardcoded credentials are removed and test authentication with known credentials fails.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login with default credentials
- Unauthorized access to admin pages
Network Indicators:
- Unexpected traffic to control panel from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (url="*/admin*" OR url="*/control-panel*") AND status=200 AND user_agent NOT IN ["expected_user_agents"]