Medium severity · published Oct 5, 2020
CVE-2020-8228
A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times
5.3
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0; 15.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD
PP
Preferred Providers · Nextcloud
1.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8228
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8228
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00019.html
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/922470
Vendor Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-033
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