Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2020
CVE-2020-8142
A security restriction bypass vulnerability has been discovered in Revive Adserver version < 5.0.5 by HackerOne user hoangn144
6.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A security restriction bypass vulnerability has been discovered in Revive Adserver version < 5.0.5 by HackerOne user hoangn144. Revive Adserver, like many other applications, requires the logged in user to type the current password in order to change the e-mail address or the password. It was however possible for anyone with access to a Revive Adserver admin user interface to bypass such check and change e-email address or password of the currently logged in user by altering the form payload.The attack requires physical access to the user interface of a logged in user. If the POST payload was altered by turning the “pwold” parameter into an array, Revive Adserver would fetch and authorise the operation even if no password was provided.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Revive Adserver · Revive-adserver
before 5.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8142
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8142
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/792895
Vendor Advisory
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2020-002/
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