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CVE-2020-12078

8.8 · HIGH

An issue was discovered in Open-AudIT 3.3.1.

Published Apr 28, 2020CWE-78EPSS 10.00%

Overview

CVE-2020-12078 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 28, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

An issue was discovered in Open-AudIT 3.3.1. There is shell metacharacter injection via attributes to an open-audit/configuration/ URI. An attacker can exploit this by adding an excluded IP address to the global discovery settings (internally called exclude_ip). This exclude_ip value is passed to the exec function in the discoveries_helper.php file (inside the all_ip_list function) without being filtered, which means that the attacker can provide a payload instead of a valid IP address.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refpacketstormsecurity.com/files/157477/Open-AudIT-Professional-3.3.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlGitHubgist.github.com/mhaskar/dca62d0f0facc13f6364b8ed88d5a7fdGitHubgithub.com/Opmantek/open-audit/commit/6ffc7f9032c55eaa1c37cf5e070809b7211c7e9aRefshells.systems/open-audit-v3-3-1-remote-command-execution-cve-2020-12078/Refpacketstormsecurity.com/files/157477/Open-AudIT-Professional-3.3.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlGitHubgist.github.com/mhaskar/dca62d0f0facc13f6364b8ed88d5a7fdGitHubgithub.com/Opmantek/open-audit/commit/6ffc7f9032c55eaa1c37cf5e070809b7211c7e9aRefshells.systems/open-audit-v3-3-1-remote-command-execution-cve-2020-12078/

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12078?

CVE-2020-12078 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 28, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2020-12078?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-12078?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2020-12078?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2020-12078 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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