What is CVE-2020-36124?

CVE-2020-36124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paxtechnology Paxstore, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-36124?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Paxtechnology Paxstore

CVE-2020-36124

Pax Technology PAXSTORE v7.0.8_20200511171508 and lower is affected by XML External Entity (XXE) injection. An authenticated attacker can compromise the private keys of a JWT token and reuse them to manipulate the access tokens to access the platform as any desired user (clients and administrators).

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.013 (66.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Paxtechnology Paxstore
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36124?: CVE-2020-36124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paxtechnology Paxstore, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-36124?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.