Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in rConfig - CVE-2020-10879

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in rConfig - CVE-2020-10879

Published: March 23, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34709
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10879
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: rConfig
Affected software:
rConfig

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

rConfig before 3.9.5 allows command injection by sending a crafted GET request to lib/crud/search.crud.php since the nodeId parameter is passed directly to the exec function without being escaped.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-10879

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources