OS Command Injection in Mk-Auth - CVE-2020-14072
Published: June 29, 2020 / Updated: January 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49221
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14072
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the /auth admin scripts. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with root privileges.
Affected software
Mk-Auth
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14072
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mk-Auth - update to 20.01