Improper Authorization in Elide - CVE-2020-5289

 

Improper Authorization in Elide - CVE-2020-5289

Published: April 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26647
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5289
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Yahoo
Affected software:
Elide

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented authorization.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization checks. A remote authenticated attacker can "guess and check" the value of a model field they do not have access to assume they can read at least one other field in the model, then construct filter expressions for an inaccessible field to filter a collection and reconstruct the value of the inaccessible field.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-5289

Install updates from vendor's website.

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