CVE-2020-5206

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
30/01/2020
Last modified:
05/02/2020

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

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*