CVE-2020-5242

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
openHAB before 2.5.2 allow a remote attacker to use REST calls to install the EXEC binding or EXEC transformation service and execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running openHAB. Starting with version 2.5.2 all commands need to be whitelisted in a local file which cannot be changed via REST calls.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-5242
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-20T23:15:20
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-26T15:19:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/security/advisories/GHSA-w698-693g-23hv Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/commit/4c4cb664f2e2c3866aadf117d22fb54aa8dd0031 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5242
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5242
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:39:31 2020-02-20T23:15Z 2020-02-20T23:15:20 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 11:39:31 2020-02-26T15:19:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 11:39:32 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated