Vulnerability CVE-2020-5242


Published: 2020-02-20   Modified: 2020-02-21

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-863

(Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Openhab -> Openhab 

 References:
https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/commit/4c4cb664f2e2c3866aadf117d22fb54aa8dd0031
https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/security/advisories/GHSA-w698-693g-23hv

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