Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in NGINX Controller - CVE-2020-5865
Published: April 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27301
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5865
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the NGINX Controller is configured to communicate with its Postgres database server over unencrypted channels. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack, intercept communicated data and modify user entered data or run arbitrary SQL commands against the database server.
Affected software
NGINX Controller
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5865
Install updates from vendor's website.
NGINX Controller - update to 3.3.0