CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5899

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-07-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-07-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-312, CWE-319, CWE-522

Description

In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the database, to request a password reset using the email address of another registered user then retrieve the recovery code.

Affected configurations

• f5 nginx controller (>= 3.0.0 <= 3.4.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References