CVE-2018-20301 is a Mass Assignment-like vulnerability in Steve Pallen Coherence before version 0.5.2, allowing authenticated users to modify unintended data fields during registration or update processes. Specifically, attackers can manipulate "coherence_fields" data, such as automatically confirming user accounts by submitting a "confirmed_at" parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impacts, but it has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:coherence_project:coherence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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