Improper Authorization in Nexus Dashboard - CVE-2024-20442

 

Improper Authorization in Nexus Dashboard - CVE-2024-20442

Published: October 3, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97997
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20442
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient authorization controls on some REST API endpoints. A remote user can perform limited Administrator actions on the target device.


Affected software

Nexus Dashboard

How to mitigate CVE-2024-20442

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nexus Dashboard - update to 3.2(1e)

External References

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