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CVE-2020-8086

The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP addre

The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality if their username matches the username of a local admin.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.0067
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
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Affected Products & Versions

3
prosody mod auth ldap<= 2020-01-27
prosody mod auth ldap2<= 2020-01-27
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD28 Jan 2020 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.luaThird Party Advisory
https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.luaThird Party Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4612Third Party Advisory
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