What is CVE-2019-20801?

CVE-2019-20801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Readdle Documents, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-20801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Readdle Documents

CVE-2019-20801

An issue was discovered in the Readdle Documents app before 6.9.7 for iOS. The application's file-transfer web server allows for cross-origin requests from any domain, and the WebSocket server lacks authorization control. Any web site can execute JavaScript code (that accesses a user's data) via cross-origin requests.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.010 (59.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Readdle Documents
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20801?: CVE-2019-20801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Readdle Documents, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-20801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.