High severity · published Nov 16, 2020
CVE-2020-23490
There was a local file disclosure vulnerability in AVideo < 8.9 via the proxy streaming
7.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There was a local file disclosure vulnerability in AVideo < 8.9 via the proxy streaming. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to read an arbitrary file on the server. Which could leak database credentials or other sensitive information such as /etc/passwd file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AV
Avideo · Wwbn
before 8.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23490
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-23490
Exploit
https://cube01.io/blog/Avideo-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Patch
https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/218c98cbd4a4a2c15745852bcd0f29faf101bd8c
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