CVE-2020-5230 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Opencast versions prior to 7.6 and 8.1, allowing attackers to use arbitrary identifiers for media packages and elements. This can lead to directory traversal and arbitrary file writing due to insecure file system operations. With a CVSS score of 7.5, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially impacting data integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.