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CVE-2020-5206: Improper Authentication

January 30, 2020 (updated February 5, 2020)

In Opencast 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.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5206

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Affected versions

All versions before 7.6, version 8.0

Fixed versions

  • 7.6
  • 8.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 7.6, 8.1 or above.

Impact 10 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Source file

maven/org.opencastproject/opencast-kernel/CVE-2020-5206.yml

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