CVE-2020-5231 affects Apereo Opencast versions prior to 7.6 and 8.1, allowing users with the non-standard ROLE_COURSE_ADMIN role to create new user accounts, excluding those with ROLE_ADMIN privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low complexity and user interaction, leading to high integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 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:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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