Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-5242 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Openhab

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
openhab
CWE-863
NVD
Published: 2020-02-20
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Openhab
7

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References