CVE-2020-27986

high-risk
Published 2020-10-28

SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI. NOTE: reportedly, the vendor's position for SMTP and SVN is "it is the administrator's responsibility to configure it.

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92.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 7% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Sonarqube

Affected Vendors

51
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal