CVE-2020-27986
published 2020-10-28CVE-2020-27986: SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the…
PriorityP181high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
16.18%
96.5th percentile
SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab | — | — |
| sonarsource | sonarqube | — | — |
Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Send an unauthenticated HTTP GET request to /api/settings/values and inspect the response body for the presence of all four strings: 'email.smtp_host.secured', 'email.smtp_password.secured', 'email.smtp_port.secured', and 'email.smtp_username.secured' — their co-occurrence confirms cleartext credential exposure.
- →A successful exploit returns HTTP 200 with all four SMTP credential field names in the JSON body, indicating no authentication is required to access the settings API endpoint. ↗
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vulncheck7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-56fw-8mg6-5hvp: ** DISPUTED ** SonarQube 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-27986 [HIGH] CWE-306 GHSA-56fw-8mg6-5hvp: ** DISPUTED ** SonarQube 8
** DISPUTED ** SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it."
VulnCheck
sonarsource sonarqube Missing Authentication for Critical Function
vulncheck·2020·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-27986 [HIGH] sonarsource sonarqube Missing Authentication for Critical Function
sonarsource sonarqube Missing Authentication for Critical Function
SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.
Affected: sonarsource sonarqube
Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Exploitation References: https://dashboard.shadowserver.org/statistics/honeypot/vulnerability/map/?day=2023-11-13&host_type=src&vulnerability=cve-2020-27986; https://dashboard.shadowserver.org/statistics/honeypot/vulnerability/map/?day=2023-11-17&host_type=src&vulnerability=cve-2020-279
GitLab
CVE-2020-27986: SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedl
vendor_gitlab·2020-10-28·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-27986 [HIGH] CWE-306 CVE-2020-27986: SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedl
CVE-2020-27986: SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.
No detection rules found.
Nuclei
SonarQube - Authentication Bypass
nuclei·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-27986 [HIGH] SonarQube - Authentication Bypass
SonarQube - Authentication Bypass
SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP,
SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI.
Template:
id: CVE-2020-27986
info:
name: SonarQube - Authentication Bypass
author: pikpikcu
severity: high
description: |
SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP,
SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
remediation: Reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it."
reference:
- https://csl.com.co/sonarqube-auditando-al-auditor-parte-i/
- https://n
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2020-10-28
Published
Exploited in the wild