CVE-2020-28002 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in SonarQube version 8.4.2.36762. An external attacker can force anonymous authentication by providing an empty value for the -D sonar.login option in SonarScanner. This allows unauthorized creation and modification of public and private projects via the /api/ce/submit endpoint. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with a potential impact of low integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4.2.36762CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube:8.4.2.36762:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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