CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5231

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2020-01-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-01-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-276, CWE-285

Description

In Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1, users with the role ROLE_COURSE_ADMIN can use the user-utils endpoint to create new users not including the role ROLE_ADMIN. ROLE_COURSE_ADMIN is a non-standard role in Opencast which is referenced neither in the documentation nor in any code (except for tests) but only in the security configuration. From the name – implying an admin for a specific course – users would never expect that this role allows user creation. This issue is fixed in 7.6 and 8.1 which both ship a new default security configuration.

Affected configurations

• apereo opencast (< 7.6) • apereo opencast 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References