CVE-2020-6949

A privilege escalation issue was discovered in the postUser function in HashBrown CMS through 1.3.3. An editor user can change the password hash of an admin user's account, or otherwise reconfigure that account.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/HashBrownCMS/hashbrown-cms/issues/327	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hashbrowncms:hashbrown_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-01-13 11:15

Updated : 2020-01-17 08:09

NVD link : CVE-2020-6949

Mitre link : CVE-2020-6949

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

Products Affected

hashbrowncms

hashbrown_cms

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8.8 /10