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
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-vmm6-w4cf-7f3x
Scores
CVSS v3
8.7
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
52.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-287
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (3)
apereo/opencast
8.0
apereo/opencast
< 7.6
org.opencastproject/opencast-kernel
0 - 7.6Maven
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026