Insufficiently protected credentials in EyesOfNetwork - CVE-2020-8657
Published: March 3, 2020 / Updated: February 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25741
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8657
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain the administrator credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to the installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations. A remote attacker can calculate/guess the admin access token.
Affected software
EyesOfNetwork
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8657
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.