CVE-2020-5206

HIGH

Opencast < 7.6 - Improper Authentication via Remember-Me Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

Scores

CVSS v3 8.7
EPSS 0.0129
EPSS Percentile 66.6%
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-285 CWE-287
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