What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-27179?

CVE-2020-27179 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.3%.

Publixone CVE-2020-27179

CRITICAL

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640)

2020-10-27 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Publixone

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 27, 2020 - 05:15 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionNVD

konzept-ix publiXone before 2020.015 allows attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by crafting password-reset tokens.

AnalysisAI

konzept-ix publiXone before 2020.015 allows attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by crafting password-reset tokens. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-640. konzept-ix publiXone before 2020.015 allows attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by crafting password-reset tokens. Affected products include: Konzept-Ix Publixone. Version information: before 2020.015.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.