What is CVE-2020-37172?

CVE-2020-37172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avideo Platform, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-37172?

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

Vulnerability in Avideo Platform

CVE-2020-37172

AVideo Platform 8.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to reset user passwords by exploiting the password recovery mechanism. Attackers can craft malicious requests to the recoverPass endpoint using the user's recovery token to change account credentials without authentication.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.5th 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:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Avideo Platform — versions 8.1
Wwbn Avideo — versions 8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-37172?: CVE-2020-37172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avideo Platform, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-37172?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.