Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-13482 |
CWE-ID | CWE-295 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
EM-HTTP-Request Web applications / Modules and components for CMS |
Vendor | Ilya Grigorik |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 02.06.2020
Changed bulletin status to patched, updated list of affected versions.
EUVDB-ID: #VU28457
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13482
CWE-ID:
CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way when the hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack against users of the library.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsEM-HTTP-Request: 1.0.0 - 1.1.5
External linkshttp://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/issues/339
http://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/commit/7e27434e0afc0ec11f2c914940f9460e8c7401e1
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.