What is CVE-2020-36283?

CVE-2020-36283 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hidglobal Omnikey 5127, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2021-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-36283?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

CSRF in Hidglobal Omnikey 5127

CVE-2020-36283

HID OMNIKEY 5427 and OMNIKEY 5127 readers are vulnerable to CSRF when using the EEM driver (Ethernet Emulation Mode). By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to upload a configuration file to the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36283?: CVE-2020-36283 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hidglobal Omnikey 5127, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2021-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-36283?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.