CVE-2020-5206

HIGH

Apereo Opencast < 7.6 - Improper Authorization

Title source: rule
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 0.0030
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