Improper Privilege Management in MISP - CVE-2019-16202
Published: September 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30763
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-2019-16202
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: misp-project.org
Affected software:
MISP
MISP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
MISP before 2.4.115 allows privilege escalation in certain situations. After updating to 2.4.115, escalation attempts are blocked by the __checkLoggedActions function with a "This could be an indication of an attempted privilege escalation on older vulnerable versions of MISP (<2.4.115)" message.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16202
Install update from vendor's website.