CVE-2020-8086

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-28

The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality if their username matches the username of a local admin.

Do I need to act?

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0.67% 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
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Mod Auth Ldap
Mod Auth Ldap2

Affected Vendors

Debian Prosody

References (10)

Third Party Advisory https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
Third Party Advisory https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
Vendor Advisory https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4612
Third Party Advisory https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
Third Party Advisory https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
Vendor Advisory https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4612
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low