CVE-2020-15688

moderate-risk
Published 2020-07-23

The HTTP Digest Authentication in the GoAhead web server before 5.1.2 does not completely protect against replay attacks. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication via capture-replay if TLS is not used to protect the underlying communication channel.

Do I need to act?

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0.27% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Embedthis

References (6)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159505/EmbedThis-GoAhead-Web-Server-5.1.1-D...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/embedthis/goahead-gpl/issues/3
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/embedthis/goahead-gpl/issues/3
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159505/EmbedThis-GoAhead-Web-Server-5.1.1-D...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/embedthis/goahead-gpl/issues/3
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/embedthis/goahead-gpl/issues/3
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal