#VU46213 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in database - CVE-2020-2242
Published: September 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46213
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2242
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
database
database
Software vendor:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation. A remote user with Overall/Read access can connect to an attacker-specified database server using attacker-specified username and password.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.