CVE-2020-6939 is a critical vulnerability affecting Tableau Server installations configured with Site-Specific SAML, spanning versions from 2018.2 to 2020.3.2 on both Windows and Linux. This flaw allows unauthenticated users to manipulate Site-Specific SAML settings via APIs, potentially leading to account takeover for users on the affected site. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2018.2, <= 2018.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2018.3, <= 2018.3.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2019.1, <= 2019.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2019.2, <= 2019.2.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2019.3, <= 2019.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tableau:tableau_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.