Auth bypass in Ave 53ab-Wbs

CVE-2020-21991

AVE DOMINAplus <=1.10.x suffers from an authentication bypass vulnerability due to missing control check when directly calling the autologin GET parameter in changeparams.php script. Setting the autologin value to 1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to permanently disable the authentication security control and access the management interface with admin privileges without providing credentials.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-21991: held from 0.029 to 0.029.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21991?
CVE-2020-21991 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ave 53ab-Wbs, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-21991?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.