What is CVE-2020-35579?

CVE-2020-35579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Subconverter Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-35579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Subconverter Project

CVE-2020-35579

tindy2013 subconverter 0.6.4 has a /sub?target=%TARGET%&url=%URL%&config=%CONFIG% API endpoint that accepts an arbitrary %URL% value and launches a GET request for it, but does not consider that the external request target may indirectly redirect back to this original /sub endpoint. Thus, a request loop and a denial of service may occur.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Subconverter_project Subconverter — versions 0.6.4
N/a — versions n/a

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35579?: CVE-2020-35579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Subconverter Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-35579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.