CVE-2020-5899

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InfoCWE-319 — Cleartext TransmissionCWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected CredentialsCWE-6404 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
F5 Nginx Controller
Timeline
PublishedJul 1
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the database, to request a password reset using the email address of another registered user then retrieve the recovery code.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDf5/nginx_controller3.0.0 — 3.4.0
▶CVEListV5nginx_controller3.0.0-3.4.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g32f-cm3q-jcmh: In NGINX Controller 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5899: In NGINX Controller 3↗2020-07-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5899: In NGINX Controller 3↗2020-07-01
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CVE-2020-5899 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0 | cvebase.io