High severity · published Apr 4, 2023
CVE-2020-21514
An issue was discovered in Fluent-ui v.1.2.2 allows attackers to gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code due to a default password
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Fluent-ui v.1.2.2 allows attackers to gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code due to a default password.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
Fluentd · Fluentd
1.8.0 · source: NVD
FL
Fluentd-ui · Fluentd
1.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21514
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21514
github.com
https://github.com/fluent/fluentd-ui/issues/295
Exploit
https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/issues/2722
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