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CVE-2020-5206

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CVE-2020-5206

Published: Jan 30, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.7

HIGH

Description

In Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1, using a remember-me cookie with an arbitrary username can cause Opencast to assume proper authentication for that user even if the remember-me cookie was incorrect given that the attacked endpoint also allows anonymous access. This way, an attacker can, for example, fake a remember-me token, assume the identity of the global system administrator and request non-public content from the search service without ever providing any proper authentication. This problem is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and Opencast 8.1

VendorProductVersions

opencast

opencast

affected
< 7.6
affected
>= 8.0, < 8.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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CVE-2020-5206 | HIGH (8.7) - Security Vulnerability | QwikSec