CVE-2020-5206

Description

In Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1, using a remember-me cookie with an arbitrary username can cause Opencast to assume proper authentication for that user even if the remember-me cookie was incorrect given that the attacked endpoint also allows anonymous access. This way, an attacker can, for example, fake a remember-me token, assume the identity of the global system administrator and request non-public content from the search service without ever providing any proper authentication. This problem is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and Opencast 8.1

Weakness classification

• security-advisories@github.com: CWE-285
• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287

Primary references

• security-advisories@github.com — Patch
• security-advisories@github.com — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory